How to write 購

購 gòu [Verb] 1. 懸賞徵求；懸賞緝捕。 Offer a reward for; seek with a bounty. 2. 獎賞。 Reward. 3. 贖取。 Redeem; ransom. 4. 買。 Purchase; buy. 5. 草名。蒌蒿，即白蒿。 Name of a grass; luohau, known as white artemisia. 6. 通“媾”。講和；和解。 Also means "make peace with"; to negotiate a truce. 【本义】: 懸賞徵求 (Original meaning: To offer a reward for something sought) 【造字法】: 形聲。从貝。从「貝」，表示與財物有關。 (Word formation: Phono-semantic; composed of "shell" indicating relation to wealth) 1. 同本義 ([En.] Offer a reward for) Offer a reward for something sought. 2. 原指用重金收買，後泛指買 ([En.] Purchase; buy) Originally referred to buying with heavy gold, later generally referred to buying. 3. 通「媾」。講和 ([En.] Make peace with a foreign country) Alternatively means to make peace. 引: 1. 《說文》：購，以財有所求也。 "Shuo Wen": gòu is to seek using wealth. 2. 《廣雅·釋言》：購，償也。 "Guangya": gòu means to repay. 3. 《史記·項羽本紀》：吾聞漢購我頭千金，邑萬戶，吾爲若德。 "Records of the Grand Historian": I heard that Han is offering a thousand gold for my head. 4. 宋· 文天祥《指南錄後序》：窮餓無聊，追購又急，天高地迥，號呼靡及。 Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang: In poverty and hunger, eager pursuit; the sky is high and the earth is vast, cries not met. 例: 購求 (seek for purchase); 購問 (offer a bounty for inquiry); 購募 (bounty recruitment); 購懸 (reward capture) 引: 1. 《舊唐書·褚遂良傳》：帝方博購王羲之貼。 "Old History of the Tang": The emperor was eager to purchase Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. 2. 清· 龔自珍《病梅館記》：予購三百盆，皆病者，無一完者。 Qing Dynasty, Gong Zizhen: I purchased three hundred pots, all sickly, not one was whole. 例: 購求 (seeking for purchase); 購糧 (purchase grain); 購房 (buying a house); 購地 (buying land); 賒購 (credit purchase); 購輯 (collect through purchase); 購請 (request through purchase) 通「媾」。講和 ([En.] Make peace with a foreign country) 引: 1. 《史記·韓世家》：乃警公仲之行，將西購於秦。 "Records of the Grand Historian": Therefore, he marched in warnings to make peace with Qin. 例: 購於秦 (make peace with Qin; negotiate with Qin).