購

购
購
gòu = g + ou4
to buy / to purchase
购 = 勾 + 贝 : The crab (贝) is buying (购) Guy Fawkes' (g) cartoons (勾) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).

購 character breakdown

冓
gòu = g + ou4
inner rooms of palace / ten billions
贝
貝
bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
贝 = ⺆ + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

Characters with 購 as component

購 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 購

收
收
购
購
to purchase (from various places) / to acquire (a company)
采
採
购
購
to procure (for an enterprise etc) / to purchase
并
併
购
購
merger and acquisition (M and A) / acquisition / to take over
抢
搶
购
購
to buy frenetically / to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
定
定
购
購
to order goods / to place an order
采
採
购
購
员
員
buyer / purchasing agent
代
代
购
購
to buy (on behalf of sb)
函
函
购
購
mail order
废
廢
品
品
收
收
购
購
站
站
salvage station / recycling center
批
批
量
量
购
購
买
買
to buy in bulk / bulk buying
采
採
购
購
商
商
buyer
收
收
购
購
要
要
约
約
takeover bid
杠
杠
杆
杆
收
收
购
購
leveraged buyout (LBO)
优
優
先
先
承
承
购
購
权
權
prior purchase right / right of first refusal (ROFR) / preemptive right to purchase
内
內
购
購
buying direct from your company at preferential prices / (gaming) in-app purchase
兼
兼
并
並
与
與
收
收
购
購
mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
回
回
购
購
buyback / repurchase / to buy back
团
團
购
購
group buying / collective buying / buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group
套
套
购
購
a fraudulent purchase / to buy up sth illegally
导
導
购
購
shopper's guide / shop assistant / sales staff

Sentences with 購

購 currently does not appear in any sentence.