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購

17 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 冂 十 目 貝
subscription, buy
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
945 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 購入 【コウニュウ】 purchase, buying
  • 購読 【コウドク】 buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.), subscribing (incl. free subscriptions), taking (e.g. newspaper)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gou4
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • suscripción
  • compra

Portuguese

  • assinatura
  • compra

French

  • acquisition
  • acheter
  • souscrire
  • s'abonner
1268 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1504 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4522 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1353 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1787 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1011 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1049 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1210 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1749 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2053 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1080 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1467 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1834 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36885X Morohashi
1624 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5823 New Nelson (John Haig)
1817 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1958 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1885 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3947 2001 Kanji
7b10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
6584.7 Four corner code
6585.7 Four corner code
1-25-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cfc Unicode hex code

買

12 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
ハ 目 買 貝
buy
Kun:
か.う
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
520 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 買収 【バイシュウ】 acquisition (esp. corporate), buy-out, takeover, purchase, bribery, buying off, corruption
  • 買収計画 【バイシュウケイカク】 purchasing plan, acquisition plan
  • 不買 【フバイ】 not buying
  • 人身売買 【ジンシンバイバイ】 slave trade, white-slave trade, human trafficking

Kun reading compounds

  • 買う 【かう】 to buy, to purchase, to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize, to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour), to accept, to take on, to take up, to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mai3
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • comprar

Portuguese

  • comprar

French

  • acheter
300 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
212 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
193 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
330 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3637 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
48 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
89 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1753 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
241 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
241 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
188 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1731 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3211 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1662 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2252 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
839 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36708 Morohashi
2598 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5793 New Nelson (John Haig)
831 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
894 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
433 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
221 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3661 2001 Kanji
5g7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6080.6 Four corner code
1-39-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cb7 Unicode hex code

習

11 strokes
Radical:
feather 羽
Parts:
冫 白 羽
learn
Kun:
なら.う、 なら.い
On:
シュウ、 ジュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
706 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 習性 【シュウセイ】 habit, behavior, behaviour, trait, nature
  • 習慣 【シュウカン】 habit, (social) custom, practice, convention
  • 演習 【エンシュウ】 practice, exercise, drill, military exercise, manoeuvres, maneuvers, drill, seminar
  • 教習 【キョウシュウ】 training, instruction
  • 近習 【キンジュ】 attendant

Kun reading compounds

  • 習う 【ならう】 to take lessons in, to be taught, to learn (from a teacher), to study (under a teacher), to get training in
  • 習うより慣れろ 【ならうよりなれろ】 experience is the best teacher, custom makes all things easy, you learn best by doing, practice makes perfect, it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
  • 習い 【ならい】 as is habit, the way life normally is
  • 習い事 【ならいごと】 accomplishment, lessons (in an art, skill, etc.), practice
  • 見習い 【みならい】 apprenticeship, probation, learning by observation, apprentice, trainee, probationer
  • 行儀見習い 【ぎょうぎみならい】 learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi2
Korean:
seub

Spanish

  • aprender
  • estudiar

Portuguese

  • aprender

French

  • apprendre
426 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
323 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
307 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
665 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3675 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
320 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
238 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1468 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
591 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
601 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
201 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1572 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3306 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1711 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
581 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28672P Morohashi
2667 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4681 New Nelson (John Haig)
574 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
616 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
373 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3578 2001 Kanji
4c7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
1760.2 Four corner code
1-29-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fd2 Unicode hex code

慣

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
ハ 忙 毋 目 母 貝
Variants:
accustomed, get used to, become experienced
Kun:
な.れる、 な.らす
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 慣習 【カンシュウ】 custom, convention, common practice, becoming accustomed (to)
  • 慣行 【カンコウ】 customary practice, habit, traditional event
  • 旧慣 【キュウカン】 old customs
  • 購買習慣 【コウバイシュウカン】 buying habit

Kun reading compounds

  • 慣れる 【なれる】 to get used to, to grow accustomed to, to become familiar with, to become skilled in, to become experienced at, to become tame, to become domesticated, to get used to doing
  • 慣らす 【ならす】 to accustom, to train (e.g. one's ear), to tame, to domesticate, to train (an animal)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan4
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • costumbre
  • acostumbrarse
  • acostumbrar

Portuguese

  • acostumado
  • acostuma-se a
  • torna-se experimentado

French

  • avoir l'habitude
  • s'accoutumer
  • coutumes
  • expérience
574 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
668 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
638 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1293 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1756 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
442 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
547 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
915 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
937 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
655 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
827 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
843 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
487 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
624 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11111 Morohashi
685 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970 New Nelson (John Haig)
627 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
674 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
786 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1161 2001 Kanji
4k11.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
1-1-13 SKIP code
9708.6 Four corner code
1-20-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6163 Unicode hex code