Hanja Analyzer
購

購 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
살 구
Romanization
gu
English
buy, purchase; hire
Mandarin
gòu
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あがなう
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#945 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
貝 (154, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
冓(구)
Unicode
U+8CFC

Parts that make up 購

  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다
  • 冓 재목 어긋매겨 쌓을 구sound 입을 맞댄 물고기 둘‘구·강’ 계열의 소리

How 購 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 購 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 貝, 冓.

Korean example words with 購

  • 구입購入 Korean gloss: 물건 따위를 사들임
  • 직구直購 Korean gloss: ‘직접 구매’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 공구共購 Korean gloss: ‘공동 구매’ 를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 구람購覽 Korean gloss: 책이나 신문, 잡지 따위를 구입하여 읽음
  • 구매되다購買 Korean gloss: 물건 따위가 사들여지다
  • 구입물購入物 Korean gloss: 사들인 물건
  • 구입품購入品 Korean gloss: 사들인 물품
  • 구입처購入處 Korean gloss: 물건을 사들인 곳
  • 구매품購買品 Korean gloss: 사들이는 물건 따위
  • 구입량購入量 Korean gloss: 물건을 사들이는 양
  • 구입일購入日 Korean gloss: 물건을 사들인 날짜
  • 구입법購入法 Korean gloss: 물건을 사들이는 방법

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 購

  • 購入こうにゅう purchase; buying
  • 購買こうばい procurement; purchase; buying
  • 購読こうどく buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
  • 購買力こうばいりょく buying power; purchasing power
  • 定期購読ていきこうどく subscription (e.g. to a magazine)
  • 購求こうきゅう purchase; buying
  • 購書こうしょ purchased books; purchasing books
  • 購うあがなう to buy; to pay for
  • 購読料こうどくりょう subscription charge
  • 購入者こうにゅうしゃ purchaser
  • 購入先こうにゅうさき retailer
  • 購買者こうばいしゃ buyer

Characters sharing the phonetic 冓

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “구”

Other hanja with radical 貝

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences