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Information of 購

Pinyingòu

Radical

貝

Strokes

17 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to buy / to purchase

購 gòu 【Verb】 1. 懸賞徵求；懸賞緝捕。 (Offer a reward for; reward capture.) 【Example】: 購求 (to set a reward in order to capture a criminal); 購問 (to offer a reward for inquiry); 購懸 (to put up a reward for apprehension).2. 獎賞。 (Reward.) 【Example】: 甲告乙賊傷人，問乙賊殺人，非傷殴，甲當購，購幾可? 當購二兩。 (If A reports that B attacked someone, inquires if B killed someone, not just injuring, A deserves a reward; how much? The reward should be two taels.)3. 贖取。 (To redeem.) 【Example】: 購，購贖。 (To redeem; to buy back.)4. 買。 (To purchase.) 【Example】: 予購三百盆，皆病者，無一完者。 (I bought three hundred pots, all were sick, not one was healthy.)5. 草名。蒌蒿，即白蒿。 (Name of a plant. Lugao, specifically white mugwort.) 【Example】: 購，蔏蔞。 (A reference to a type of herb.)6. 通“媾”。講和；和解。 (Similar to "媾," to negotiate peace or reconcile.) 【Example】: 北購於單于。 (To make peace with the Chanyu of the North.)【Etymology】: - 本义: 懸賞徵求(Original meaning: to offer a reward for a request.) - 造字法: 形聲。从貝。从「貝」，表示與財物有關。(Character formation: phonetic-ideographic, related to wealth because it includes the "shell" radical used for currency.)

Input Method for 購

Pinyingou4

Wubi

mqcy

Cangjie

bopi

Zhengma

lorz

Four Corner

77820

Unicode

U+8cfc

Same Pronunciation Characters

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Same Radical Characters

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