What is the Kanji for "Buy"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Buy", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Buy" is "買".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Ka".

Its onyomi reading is "Bai".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "貝" means "Shellfish" and can be read as "Bai" and "Kai". And The radical "罒" means "Net" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "買" mean in japanese?

"買" means "Buy".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Second Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N4 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

買う: "Buy". The Japanese verb '買う (かう)' means 'to buy'. It is used to express the action of purchasing or obtaining an item, goods, or a service. For example: I will buy a new book - (新しい本を買います). She bought an expensive camera - (彼女は高価なカメラを買った).

買い物: "Shopping". The verbal noun '買い物 (かいもの)' means 'shopping'. This term refers to the act of purchasing goods or services. It is commonly used to describe going to stores, markets, or online platforms to buy various items. For example: I went shopping yesterday - (私は昨日買い物に行った). She enjoys shopping on the weekends - (彼女は週末に買い物を楽しむ).

売買: "Trade" or "Deal". The Japanese verbal noun '売買 (ばいばい)' means 'trade' or 'deal'. This noun refers to the exchange of goods or services for money or other compensation. It can be used to describe commercial transactions, negotiations, and commerce. For example: The trade agreement was signed - (売買の契約が締結された). The business completed a number of deals this quarter - (その企業は今期いくつかの取引をまとめた).

買収: "Acquisition". The Japanese verbal noun '買収 (ばいしゅう)' means 'acquisition'. This term refers to the act of acquiring or taking over a company or business, often through the purchase of a controlling stake in the organization. It is commonly used in the context of corporate mergers and acquisitions. For example: The company completed the acquisition of its competitor - (その企業は競争相手を買収した). The acquisition deal was finalized last month - (その買収案件は先月完了した).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "ば" is read as "ba". And The hiragana "い" is read as "i".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.