# 購 — purchase

購 means “purchase”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. On'yomi: コウ (kou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: purchase
- On'yomi: コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 17
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Money & trade 1

## How to remember 購

Parts: 貝 shell; money · 冓 crossed beams

## Don't confuse it with

[潰](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/crush/) · [遺](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bequeath/)

## More in the “Money & trade 1” set

[株](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/stocks/) · [益](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/benefit/) · [債](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/debt/) · [償](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/make-amends/) · [需](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/demand/) · [購](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/purchase/) · [貢](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/tribute/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/purchase/. Last updated 2026-11-01.