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Japanese symbol for “purchasers”

Romaji: koubaisou
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)

In Japanese, purchasers is , read (koubaisou).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)

Kanji and stroke order

subscription, buy
on: コウ
17 strokes · JLPT 1
buy
on: バイ
kun: か.う
12 strokes · JLPT 4
stratum, social class, layer
on: ソウ
14 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
こうにゅう kounyuupurchase; buying
こうばい koubaiprocurement; purchase; buying
こうどく koudokubuying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
こうばいりょく koubairyokubuying power; purchasing power
あがなう aganauto buy; to pay for
ていきこうどく teikikoudokusubscription (e.g. to a magazine)
かう kauto buy; to purchase
かいとり kaitoripurchase; buying; buying out
いっそう issoueven more; still more; all the more

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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