Jisho

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

Speed

Stroke order

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

5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
adhere, attach, refer to, append
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
322 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 付近 【フキン】 neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity, environs, surrounding area, district
  • 付加 【フカ】 addition, annexation, appendage
  • 貼付 【チョウフ】 pasting, sticking, attaching, affixing, appending
  • 回付 【カイフ】 transmitting, referring to, passing on

Kun reading compounds

  • 付ける 【つける】 to attach, to join, to connect, to add, to append, to affix, to stick, to glue, to fasten, to sew on, to apply (ointment), to put against, to furnish (a house with), to wear, to put on, to keep a diary, to make an entry, to appraise, to set (a price), to allot, to budget, to assign, to bring alongside, to place (under guard or doctor), to follow (someone), to shadow, to tail, to stalk, to load, to give (courage to), to keep (an eye on), to establish (relations or understanding), to turn on (a light), to produce flowers (of a plant), to produce fruit, to do intensely, to do fiercely, to do strongly, to be used to (doing), to be accustomed to
  • 付け 【つけ】 bill, bill of sale, payment invoice, tab (for later payment), credit, contact move, direct attack to an enemy stone, sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers, letter, reason, motive, pretext, one's fortune, one's luck
  • 付け根 【つけね】 root, joint, base, crotch
  • 振り付け 【ふりつけ】 choreography, dance composition, dance coaching
  • 締め付け 【しめつけ】 pressure, clamping, tightening, fastening
  • 付く 【つく】 to be attached, to be connected with, to adhere, to stick, to cling, to remain imprinted, to scar, to stain, to dye, to bear (fruit, interest, etc.), to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.), to increase (of strength, etc.), to take root, to accompany, to attend, to follow, to study with, to side with, to belong to, to possess, to haunt, to be lit, to catch fire, to ignite, to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.), to be settled, to be resolved, to be decided, to be given (of a name, price, etc.), to be sensed, to be perceived, to be lucky, to become (a state, condition, etc.)
  • 付喪神 【つくもがみ】 artifact spirit, in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
  • 付き 【つき】 furnished with, including, attached to, impression, appearance, luck, sociality, under, assistant (e.g. to a manager), soup base
  • 付き合い 【つきあい】 association, socializing, socialising, fellowship
  • 紋付 【もんつき】 clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
  • 原付 【げんつき】 motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc), scooter, moped

Readings

Japanese names:
つけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • adherir
  • pegar
  • adjuntar
  • unir
  • atar

Portuguese

  • aderir
  • anexar

French

  • coller
  • attacher
  • soumettre à
  • ajouter
502 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
602 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
574 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
251 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
363 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
259 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
302 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
126 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
192 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
192 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
365 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
62 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
35 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1009 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
373 Morohashi
31 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
124 New Nelson (John Haig)
1000 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1075 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
454 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2148 2001 Kanji
2a3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
2420.0 Four corner code
1-41-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ed8 Unicode hex code