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雇 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「隹」

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3Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「隹」
On
コこ · ko
Kun
やと.うyato.u
Meaning
employ; hire

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

戸 with 隹 "bird": keeping a bird tethered — to employ, to hire.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコこko雇用こよう雇員こいん解雇かいこ
Kunやとうyatō雇うやとう日雇いひやとい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 雇用こよう

    employment

  • 解雇かいこ

    dismissal

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

会社(かいしゃ)が新(あたら)しく人(ひと)を雇(やと)った。

The company hired new people.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

雇用解雇雇用to use解to sol…隻counte…隼falcon雀sparro…集gather雁wild…弧arc孤alone虚empty顧look…己onesel…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 隹Map of reading コAll maps

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