Entry
  1. Noun

    intermediary in China conducting business with foreign countries; comprador; compradore

    Historical term

  2. person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country

Also written 買辦【ばいべん】

Pitch on OJAD

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

valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

Kun
かんむりわきま.えるわ.けるはなびらあらそ.う
On
ベンヘン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
619 of 2500
Radical
two hands
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
0a5.30The Kanji Dictionary
2344.0Four corner code
2755deroo
5f01Unicode hex code
1-42-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
846Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1663New Nelson (John Haig)
2004New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2497Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1264Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1730Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
742Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
803Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
793A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
513Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9588Morohashi
786A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
711Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
715sakade
1265Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
807henshall3
654Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1116Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
262Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
750Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bian4Pinyin reading
byeon, banKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level