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雇

Employ
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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Kun readingやと.う
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 39

Verbs with «雇»

雇う雇用する解雇する

Meanings

  1. employRtK
  2. hire
  1. employee
  2. employment

Radicals and components

Radical隹short bird
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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door (戸) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · flag (方) · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1164

Compound words

解雇かいこ
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
雇用こよう
employment; hire
雇うやとう
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
雇い主やといぬし
employer
雇員こいん
assistant
雇主やといぬし
employer
雇人やといにん
employee
雇傭こよう
employment
解雇者かいこしゃ
person who has been laid off
雇い人やといにん
employee
一時解雇いちじかいこ
(temporary) layoff
終身雇用しゅうしんこよう
lifetime employment
被雇用者ひこようしゃ
employee
雇用するこようする
to employ; to hire
解雇するかいこする
to dismiss; to fire
終身雇用制しゅうしんこようせい
(Japanese) system of lifetime employment
終身雇用制度しゅうしんこようせいど
(Japanese) system of lifetime employment

Additional Examples

彼は秘書を解雇した。彼女がとてもなまけものだったからだ。
He dismissed his secretary, who was very idle.tatoeba
彼は秘書を解雇した。
He let his secretary go.tatoeba
彼は秘書が結婚したときに、彼女を解雇しなければならなかった。
He had to part with his secretary when she got married.tatoeba
彼は彼女を通訳として雇った。
He engaged her as an interpreter.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

To employ. Door 戸 + bird 隹 — a bird kept in the house serves its owner, like a hired worker.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 雇

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