Memory phrase for the character: 购

购

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Meaning

to purchase, to buy

Pronunciation

gòu

Explanation

 Left: money 贝/貝 (here: credit card 人 and card reader 冂), right: to hook in 勾 (two hooks 勹, 厶 for the engagement with the card reader)

Mnemonic
 
The credit card is hooked into the reader when purchasing.

Radicals

贝 shell, moneyThis is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.
勾 hook in, sketch




 Vocabulary

收购 shōu gòu  to purchase (from various places); to acquire (a company)
购买 gòu mǎi  to purchase; to buy
购买 gòu mǎi  

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