購 means “buy, purchase”

こう · kou

Also: subscription

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 17 strokes

The story

Money (貝) beside 冓, timbers stacked crosswise: picture a deal built up piece by piece until it holds. 購 is buying: 購入 is a purchase, 購読 a subscription, and a school's 購買 is the shop that sells pens and lunchtime bread.

Used in 購入 (kounyuu, purchase), 購読 (koudoku, subscription), and 購買 (koubai, purchasing/school store)

More from Money & Markets

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• 卸 sell wholesale
• 幣 money
• 款 article
• 価 price
• 株 shares
• 融 melt
• 益 profit
• 債 debt
• 需 demand

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.