Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
购
These are the forms of 購, the traditional character: 购 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 4 forms
买
These are the forms of 買, the traditional character: 买 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 12 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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中国采取的报复性关税措施降低了大豆等农作物的需求和整体价格，最终影响了农民的收入，迫使许多农民一时无法购买大型、昂贵的设备。
Retaliatory tariffs by China have decreased demand and overall prices for crops like soybeans, ultimately affecting a farmer’s bottom line, forcing many to hold off purchasing large, expensive equipment.
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丹麦气象研究所报告称，7 月是自 1920 年开始记录数据以来阳光最充足的月份，酒精饮料的销量下降，人们转而购买不含酒精的啤酒和汽水。
In Denmark, where the Meteorological Institute reported that the month of July has been the sunniest since they started recording data in 1920, sales of alcoholic beverages dropped in favor of non-alcoholic beers and sodas.
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在很多国家，购买和吸食大麻是违法的。
In many countries, buying or smoking cannabis is forbidden by law.
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您是否正在考虑购买一台新电脑？
Are you thinking of getting a new PC?
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您现在不必购买任何东西。
You don't have to buy anything right now.
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您购买另一台电脑的计划完全不会有问题。
Your plan to purchase another PC will not be a problem at all.
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您购买另一台电脑的计划是不可能的。
Your plan to buy another PC is out of the question.
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我可能也会购买整修品。
I might consider buying a refurbished phone.