Memory phrase for the Kanji: 購

購

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Meaning purchase, buy

Pronunciation

KŌ

Explanation

Left: shell/money 貝 right: pile up/accumulate (two baskets on top of each other, the lower one 再 upside down)

Mnemonic
 
Money is accumulated for purchases.

Radicals

貝 moneyshell a cowries-shell (used as money)
pileoriginally two baskets, the lower one turned upside down
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 Vocabulary

購買 こうばい  purchase, buy
購入 こうにゅう  purchase, buy
購読 こうどく  subscription (e.g. magazine)

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