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

购
購
物
物
shopping
订
訂
购
購
to place an order / to subscribe
购
購
得
得
to purchase / to acquire
申
申
购
購
to ask to buy / to bid for purchase
赊
賒
购
購
to buy on credit / to delay payment
管
管
理
理
层
層
收
收
购
購
management buyout (MBO)
统
統
购
購
state purchasing monopoly / unified government purchase
统
統
购
購
派
派
购
購
unified government purchase at fixed price (esp of farm products)
统
統
购
購
统
統
销
銷
state monopoly of purchasing and marketing
网
網
购
購
Internet shopping / to purchase online
订
訂
购
購
者
者
subscriber
认
認
购
購
to undertake to purchase sth / to subscribe (to share issue)
购
購
汇
匯
to purchase foreign exchange
购
購
书
書
券
券
book token
购
購
物
物
中
中
心
心
shopping center
乐
樂
购
購
Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
派
派
购
購
fixed government purchase (esp of farm products)
争
爭
购
購
to compete / to fight for / to rush to purchase
特
特
易
易
购
購
Tesco, British-based supermarket chain
竞
競
购
購
to bid competitively / to compete to buy (at auction)

Sentences with 購

購 currently does not appear in any sentence.