買 — buy, purchase
かい
買
buy
かい
U+8CB7
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #520
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #832
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- buy
- purchase
Readings
- On'yomi
- ばい bai
- Kun'yomi
- か ka
word
ばい bai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
か ・が ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
がい gai
Words by frequency and grade
28 wordsEach dot is a word containing 買: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 13 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Compound ideograph (会意). 罒 (net, simplified) above 貝 (shell/money). To buy — gathering goods with currency.