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買 = 罒 + 貝

買 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “buy”. It is built from 罒 (net) and 貝 (shellfish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 894.

Keyword
buy
RTK frame
894
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
か.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
покупать
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
買 buy

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 罒 net
  2. 貝 shellfish

How to find 買 without knowing its reading

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

Open 買 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.