購
subscription, buy
Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
購 centers on acquiring something by paying money: buying or subscribing to a service. The subscription sense is a specific form of purchase, often recurring.
Most common words using 購
20 of 35- 購入こうにゅうN2
purchase; buying
- 購読こうどくN1
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
- 購買こうばいN1
procurement; purchase; buying
- 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)
- グリーン購入グリーンこうにゅう
environmentally responsible purchasing; green purchasing
- 一括購入いっかつこうにゅう
lump-sum purchase; bulk purchase; group purchase
- 予約購読よやくこうどく
subscription
- 事前購入じぜんこうにゅう
advance purchase (e.g. fare)
- 事前購入割引運賃じぜんこうにゅうわりびきうんちん
advance purchase excursion fare; APEX fare
- 全米購買部協会ぜんべいこうばいぶきょうかい
(former) National Association of Purchasing Management (USA); NAPM
- 共同購入きょうどうこうにゅう
cooperative buying; group buying; joint purchase
- 割賦購買かっぷこうばい
buying in installments; buying in instalments
- 即購入そくこうにゅう
instant purchase; buying immediately
- 直接購入ちょくせつこうにゅう
direct purchase
- 自社株購入権じしゃかぶこうにゅうけん
stock option
- 購うあがなう
to buy; to pay for
- 購入価格こうにゅうかかく
purchase price
- 購入先こうにゅうさき
retailer
- 購入品こうにゅうひん
purchased item; purchased goods; (a) purchase
Study
Etymology
購 combines 貝 (shell, money) with 冓, which likely contributes the sound. The shell radical indicates a financial transaction, giving the meaning of buying or purchasing.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is 貝 (shell, an old form of money), and the right side 冓 looks like stacked goods. Imagine using shells to buy a stack of items: that's purchasing.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, picture a coin dropping into a machine to buy a subscription: the clink of the coin sounds like 'koh' (コウ).