# 購 — Purchase

Frequency rank 1267 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 扉 (Door), less common than 祝 (Celebrate).

- On’yomi: こう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 貝 Shell (Kangxi 154)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

A shellfish on the left is stored in a coffin on the right -- buying a shellfish and putting it in a coffin-sized box is an expensive purchase.

In words:

- 購買 こうばい — purchase;buy
- 購読 こうどく — subscription (e.g. magazine)
- 購入 こうにゅう — purchase;buy

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