common
verb

Meaning of

籴 means to buy in grain; to purchase staple food. Pronounced dí.

  • to buy in grain; to purchase staple food

Character Info

Radical
Strokes22

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Fēng
shōu
shí
jié
 
liáng
shāng
fēn
fēn
xià
xiāng
 

During the harvest season, grain merchants go to the countryside to buy rice.

Zhèng
píng
liáng
shí
wěn
dìng
shì
chǎng
jià
 

The government purchases grain at a fair price to stabilize market prices.

shí
huāng
nián
 
liáng
yóu
wéi
kùn
nan
 

In ancient times during famines, buying grain was especially difficult.