JLPT N4 · Town & shops

買い物

かいもの

shopping

Stroke order of 買い物

3 characters, 22 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

買 · 12 strokesい · 2 strokes 物 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

Catch 貝 shell-money in a 罒 net to buy 物 things: shopping.

Parts: 買 buy (罒 net + 貝 shell/money) + い + 物 thing

The characters in 買い物

いい — i (2 strokes)
物もの — thing (8 strokes)

Example sentence

母とデパートへ買い物に行きました。

ははとでぱーとへかいものにいきました。

I went shopping at the department store with my mother.

Words with 買

Words with 物

果物fruit 乗り物vehicle 動物animal 品物goods 建物building 見物sightseeing 動物園zoo 飲み物drink 食べ物food 着物kimono 物thing 物理physics 物置storeroom; shed 荷物luggage; package 植物plant 博物館museum 物価prices; cost of living 好物favorite food

More words: Town & shops

町town 銀行bank 図書館library 映画館cinema 本屋bookshop 店員shop assistant 売るto sell 売り場sales counter; department 品物goods 道road; way 公園park 建物building 場所place 入口entrance 出口exit 中古second-hand

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