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購 = 冓 + 貝

購 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “subscription”. It is built from 冓 (funnel) and 貝 (shellfish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1958.

Keyword
subscription
RTK frame
1958
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
подписка
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
購 buy

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 冓 funnel
  2. 貝 shellfish

How to find 購 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “funnel” + “shellfish”. 購 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 購 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.