Memory phrase for the character: 买

买

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Meaning

to buy, to purchase

Pronunciation

mǎi

Explanation

 Top: a stroke 乛 (here: a cap), below: head/leader 头 [= the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶]

Mnemonic
 
(together with: to sell 卖) This hat 乛 is what the leader 头 has bought 买. (... but for 10 十 [coins] he wants to sell 卖 it.)

Radicals

卖 to sell
乛 something ???
头 head, leaderThe big 大 person with protruding staring eyes 丶丶 is the head and leader.




 Vocabulary

购买 gòu mǎi  to purchase; to buy
买卖 mǎi mài  buying and selling; business; business transactions
买卖 mǎi mài  

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