雇
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See also: 僱
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Translingual
Han character
雇 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸人土 (HSOG) or 戈尸人土 (ISOG), four-corner 30214, composition ⿸户隹(GV) or ⿸戶隹(HTK) or ⿸戸隹(J))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1365, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41976
- Dae Jaweon: page 1870, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4096, character 2
- Unihan data for U+96C7
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ) : phonetic 戶 (OC *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 隹.
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 雇 – see 僱 (“to employ; to hire; to be employed; to be hired; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 僱). |
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Etymology 2
| trad. | 雇 | |
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| simp. # | 雇 | |
| alternative forms | 鳸／𱉓 𩿇 𪄮 obsolete | |
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *w(a/u) (“bird, egg, wing, fowl”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hù
- Wade–Giles: hu4
- Yale: hù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
- Palladius: ху (xu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: huX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːʔ/
Definitions
雇
Compounds
References
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 雇 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
雇󠄁 雇+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 雇󠄃 雇+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
雇
- to employ; employment
Readings
- Go-on: く (ku)、ぐ (gu)
- Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
- Kun: やとう (yatou, 雇う, Jōyō)←やとふ (yatofu, 雇ふ, historical)、やとい (yatoi, 雇い)←やとひ (yatofi, 雇ひ, historical)
References
- ^ “雇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 雇 (MC kuH). Recorded as Middle Korean 고〯 (kwǒ) (Yale: kwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
- hanja form? of 고 (“employment”)
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
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