Chinese Character 购 Meanings and components.

Form

购

Meaning

购 meaning[3] in English

To Buy.

To Purchase.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 购 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bei (贝) , and surname Gou (勾)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with BOPI

How to write 购

To write购gou4to buy you should write a combination of 贝bei4surname Bei , 勾gou1surname Gou arranged in a 吅 shape:

贝 + 勾 = 购

购 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 购 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 购, looks as follow:

购
Pinyin:gou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Buy . To Purchase
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
勾
Pinyin:gou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Gou
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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