購 Purchase

Radical Combination

• 貝

  Shellfish
• 冓

  Lifeguard

Meaning

Primary

Purchase

Mnemonic

You give a shellfish to a lifeguard to purchase their services. You think lifeguards are interested in normal money? Come on, they're obviously out there using shellfish for their purchases. It's only natural, given their seaside habitat.

Hints

Imagine the grooved surface of a shellfish shell as you press it into the hand of a lifeguard. Congrats, you've just completed a purchase. Uh… what'd you get?

Readings

On’yomi

こう

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This time you purchase some こういち goods. You know, since you're such a fan. How else can you show love in this world, if not through purchases? The lifeguard hands over a little haul of こういち plushies and figurines. Nice.

Hints

And it's totally because those こういち goods are so valuable that the lifeguard accepts shellfish for them. Has nothing to do with the fact he couldn't get real money for them, okay?

Hint: When you see the "lifeguard" radical, the reading is probably going to be こう.