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8 strokes17 strokes
Character #923 · The First 1000

gòu

purchase

to buy; to purchase

Strokes
817
TraditionalSimplified
購 购
Poster cell
AA33
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • gòumǎi to purchase
  • gòuwù shopping
  • shōugòu to acquire (a company)
  • cǎigòu to procure
  • dìnggòu to place an order
  • rèngòu to undertake to purchase sth
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 购購

Write 购購 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, gòu, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell AA33 · 28 × 36 grid

购購 is #923 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 购 mean in English?
购 (gòu) means "purchase": to buy; to purchase.
How do you pronounce 购?
购 is pronounced gòu in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄍㄡˋ.
How many strokes does 购 have?
The simplified form, 购, has 8 strokes. The traditional form, 購, has 17.
What is the traditional form of 购?
The traditional form of 购 is 購. 购 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 購 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 购?
Common words that use 购 include 购买 (gòumǎi, to purchase), 购物 (gòuwù, shopping), 收购 (shōugòu, to acquire (a company)), 采购 (cǎigòu, to procure).
How common is 购?
购 is number 923 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell AA33 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.