EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase

    GEはレイク(株)を3000万ドルで買収したと発表した。
    GE announced the acquisition of the Lake company for $30 million.
  2. bribery; buying off; corruption

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

buy

Kun
か.う
On
バイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
520 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-7SKIP code
5g7.2The Kanji Dictionary
6080.6Four corner code
3661deroo
8cb7Unicode hex code
1-39-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3637Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5793New Nelson (John Haig)
2598New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3211Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1662Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2252Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
831Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
894Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
330A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1753Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
48Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36708Morohashi
193A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
241Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
241Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
300sakade
89Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
212henshall3
221Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
433crowley
188Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1731Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
839Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mai3Pinyin reading
maeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store

Kun
おさ.めるおさ.まる
On
シュウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
337 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

のぶ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
2h2.2The Kanji Dictionary
2774.0Four corner code
1267deroo
53ceUnicode hex code
1-28-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
860Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
675New Nelson (John Haig)
198New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
31Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
17Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
16Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1510Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1628Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
411A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
133Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
721Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3128Morohashi
703A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
757Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
770Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
631sakade
392Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
898henshall3
831Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
828Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
265Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1524Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou1Pinyin reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level