雇

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See also: 僱
雇 U+96C7, 雇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96C7
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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

Characters in the same phonetic series (戸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妒 *tqaːs
雇 *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
顧 *kʷaːs
戽 *qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
戶 *ɡʷaːʔ
扈 *ɡʷaːʔ
帍 *ɡʷaːʔ
昈 *ɡʷaːʔ
滬 *ɡʷaːʔ
簄 *ɡʷaːʔ
齭 *skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ
所 *sqʰraʔ

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).
Notes:

Etymology 2

trad. 雇
simp. # 雇
alternative forms 鳸／𱉓
𩿇
𪄮 obsolete

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *w(a/u) (“bird, egg, wing, fowl”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 雇
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 侯古切
Baxter huX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦuoX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣoX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɔX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣoX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雇
Reading # 2/2
No. 5300
Phonetic
component 		戸
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		戸
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷaːʔ/

Definitions

雇

  1. migratory birds

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 雇
Kyūjitai
[1]
雇󠄁
雇+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
雇󠄃
雇+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

雇

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. to employ; employment

Readings

References

  1. ^ “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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

雇 (eumhun 품 팔 고 (pum pal go))

  1. hanja form? of 고 (“employment”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

雇: Hán Nôm readings: cố

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