漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
雇: employ, hire
JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
隹 carries the meaning · 戸 gives the sound
12 strokes
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Two readings, and the words that use each
コko · on'yomi · in compounds
- 終身雇用制しゅうしんこようせいsystem of lifetime employment
- 雇用するこようするemploy, hire
- 解雇するかいこするdischarge, fire, dismiss
やとうyatou · kun'yomi · on its own
- 雇うやとうemploy, hire
- 日雇いひやといday labor
- 雇い主やといぬしemployer
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at those folded wings and that sturdy little body! This is the bird that rests on the garden branches and chirps at dawn.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
雇 takes the 戸 family's reading, コ (ko).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side雇 employ · 戸
vs雄 masculine · 厷In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gù
Same form: 雇 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 雇 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 雇 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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