# 購

| 購 | U+8CFC, &#36092; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CFC |
| ← 賻 [U+8CFB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 賽 → [U+8CFD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

購 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月金廿廿月 (BCTTB), four-corner 6585$_7$, composition ⿰貝冓)

#### Derived characters

* 𧃛

#### Related characters

* 购 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1211, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36885
* Dae Jaweon: page 1677, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3654, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8CFC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 溝 | *koː |
| 篝 | *koː |
| 鞲 | *koː |
| 韝 | *koː, *kʰoː |
| 褠 | *koː |
| 冓 | *koː, *koːs |
| 構 | *koːs |
| 購 | *koːs |
| 媾 | *koːs |
| 覯 | *koːs |
| 遘 | *koːs, *koːs |
| 煹 | *koːs |
| 搆 | *koːs |
| 講 | *kroːŋʔ |
| 耩 | *kroːŋʔ |
| 傋 | *kroːŋʔ, *qʰroːŋʔ |
| 斠 | *kroːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːs) : semantic 貝 (“shellfish”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gòu (gou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kau$^3$ / gau$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kieu
* Eastern Min (BUC): gáiu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘ / kiò / kio / káng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gou$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$keu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^4$
*** Yale: gòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
*** Palladius: гоу (gou)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^3$ / gau$^3$
*** Yale: kau / gau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^3$ / gau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^3$ / geo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯³³/, /kɐu̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kieu
*** Hakka Romanization System: gieu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gieu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gáiu
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
*** Tâi-lô: kòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kox
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò
*** Tâi-lô: kiò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kioix
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio
*** Tâi-lô: kio
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kioy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kio³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng
*** Tâi-lô: káng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: karng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gou$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòu
*** Sinological IPA : /kou²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$keu
*** MiniDict: keu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$keu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɤ³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kuwH
Rime :
| Character | 購 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古候切 |
| Baxter | kuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ku$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ(r)o-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 購 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁ(r)o-s/ |
| English | present (v.), give |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 購 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4192 |
| Phonetic component | 冓 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遘 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːs/ |

### Definitions

購
* to buy; to purchase
* (literary) to offer an award (e.g. for the capture of a criminal)
* (literary) to hire

#### Synonyms

* (to buy): 買／买 (mǎi)
* (to offer an award): 懸賞／悬赏 (xuánshǎng)

### Compounds

* 代購／代购 (dàigòu)
* 併購／并购 (bìnggòu)
* 價購／价购
* 函購／函购 (hángòu)
* 商購／商购
* 大搶購／大抢购
* 套購／套购 (tàogòu)
* 定購／定购 (dìnggòu)
* 徵購／征购 (zhēnggòu)
* 急購／急购
* 懸購／悬购
* 承購／承购 (chénggòu)
* 批購／批购
* 承購權／承购权
* 採購／采购 (cǎigòu)
* 採購員／采购员 (cǎigòuyuán)
* 採購團／采购团
* 搜購／搜购
* 搶購／抢购 (qiǎnggòu)
* 收購／收购 (shōugòu)
* 收購站／收购站
* 標購／标购
* 求購／求购
* 洽購／洽购 (qiàgòu)
* 派購／派购
* 添購／添购
* 統購／统购 (tǒnggòu)
* 網上購物／网上购物
* 網路購物／网路购物
* 網路郵購／网路邮购
* 線上訂購／线上订购
* 線上購物／线上购物
* 線上郵購／线上邮购
* 縣購／县购
* 聯購／联购
* 蒐購／蒐购
* 訂購／订购 (dìnggòu)
* 訪購／访购
* 認購／认购 (rèngòu)
* 請購單／请购单
* 講購／讲购
* 議購／议购 (yìgòu)
* 賒購／赊购 (shēgòu)
* 購備／购备
* 購募／购募
* 購取／购取
* 購問／购问
* 購屋／购屋
* 購得／购得 (gòudé)
* 購懸／购悬
* 購拿／购拿
* 購捕／购捕
* 購收／购收
* 購書／购书
* 購求／购求
* 購煽／购煽
* 購物／购物 (gòuwù)
* 購物中心／购物中心 (gòuwù zhōngxīn)
* 購物袋／购物袋 (gòuwùdài)
* 購用／购用
* 購票／购票 (gòupiào)
* 購私／购私
* 購線／购线
* 購置／购置 (gòuzhì)
* 購誘／购诱
* 購請／购请
* 購買／购买 (gòumǎi)
* 購買力／购买力 (gòumǎilì)
* 購賞／购赏
* 購贖／购赎
* 購輯／购辑
* 購辦／购办
* 購銷／购销 (gòuxiāo)
* 追購／追购
* 選購／选购 (xuǎngòu)
* 郵購／邮购 (yóugòu)
* 郵購商店／邮购商店
* 配購／配购
* 重購／重购
* 開購／开购
* 電子購物／电子购物
* 電子郵購／电子邮购
* 電視購物／电视购物
* 預購／预购 (yùgòu)

### References

* “購”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 購 |
| Kyūjitai | 購󠄂 購+&#xE0102; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 購󠄄 購+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to buy, to purchase

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
* Kun: あがう (agau, 購う)、あがなう (aganau, 購う)

### References

* ↑ “購”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2033 (paper), page 1068 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1164 (paper), page 595 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

購 • (gu) (hangeul 구)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

購: Hán Nôm readings: cấu
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