購
購 — Subscription
subscription, buy
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (17 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 購
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 購入 | こうにゅう kounyuu | purchase; buying |
| 購読 | こうどく koudoku | buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper) |
| 購買 | こうばい koubai | procurement; purchase; buying |
| 購買力 | こうばいりょく koubairyoku | buying power; purchasing power |
| 定期購読 | ていきこうどく teikikoudoku | subscription (e.g. to a magazine) |
Study notes
購 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #945 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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