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

購
- 冓
  - 井
    - 丨
    - 丿
    - 二
      - 一
  - 再
    - 一
    - 冉
      - 冂
        
        丨
        
        ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
      - 土
        
        一
        
        十
        
        一
        
        丨
      - ⺆
        
        丿
        
        ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
- 貝
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 目
    - 二
      - 一
    - 囗

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.

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購 character breakdown

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