購 Kanji – subscription

Meaning and Readings

How is 購 read?

購 has the onyomi reading コウ.

In romaji, these readings can be written as kou.

Common Japanese Words Using 購

These common Japanese words contain 購. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.

• 購読（こうどく） — buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.), subscribing (incl. free subscriptions), taking (e.g. newspaper)
• 購入（こうにゅう） — purchase, buying
• 購買（こうばい） — procurement, purchase, buying
• 購買力（こうばいりょく） — buying power, purchasing power
• 定期購読（ていきこうどく） — subscription (e.g. to a magazine)

Related Kanji

• 功
  achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
• 香
  incense, smell, perfume
• 更
  grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
• 項
  paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression)
• 貢
  tribute, support, finance
• 控
  withdraw, draw in, hold back, refrain from, be moderate