購 (gòu)

to buy/to purchase (formal)

How 購 is written

Strokes
17
Radical
貝 — shell
Traditional
購
Simplified
购

Components

Common words using 購

團購 tuángòu
group buying; collective buying; buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group
網購 wǎnggòu
internet shopping; to purchase online
購物 gòuwù
shopping
購買 gòumǎi
to purchase; to buy
代購 dàigòu
to buy (on behalf of sb)
導購 dǎogòu
shopper's guide; shop assistant; sales staff
採購 cǎigòu
to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
搶購 qiǎnggòu
panic buying; rushing to buy
收購 shōugòu
to purchase (from various places); to acquire (a company)
訂購 dìnggòu
to place an order; to subscribe
購物券 gòuwùquàn
coupon
購置 gòuzhì
to purchase

購 in a sentence

我喜歡在網路上購物。

Wǒ xǐhuān zài wǎnglù shàng gòuwù.

“I like shopping online.”

How common is 購?

購 is the 1,076th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.3% of all running text.

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