Read Edit View history 购 gòu HSK4 buy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 勾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 購. Pinyin Separate values with commas gòu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 購 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint In ancient China, shells were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 购 Simp strokes 购 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 购 Simp strokes 购 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 购 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 176, 718 ], [ 201, 690 ], [ 208, 642 ], [ 209, 495 ], [ 191, 355 ], [ 191, 300 ] ], [ [ 230, 704 ], [ 243, 695 ], [ 367, 727 ], [ 388, 721 ], [ 414, 691 ], [ 406, 594 ], [ 407, 365 ], [ 399, 297 ] ], [ [ 263, 602 ], [ 278, 597 ], [ 306, 572 ], [ 299, 391 ], [ 279, 263 ], [ 259, 208 ], [ 233, 166 ], [ 176, 118 ], [ 142, 97 ], [ 116, 90 ] ], [ [ 331, 254 ], [ 401, 198 ], [ 414, 183 ], [ 427, 151 ] ], [ [ 581, 818 ], [ 605, 798 ], [ 617, 777 ], [ 602, 718 ], [ 542, 583 ], [ 507, 520 ], [ 474, 476 ] ], [ [ 552, 560 ], [ 796, 609 ], [ 828, 594 ], [ 846, 572 ], [ 823, 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