雇
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to employ; to hire; to rent
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,785 U+96C7
How 雇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
隹 (semantic, “bird”) + 户 (phonetic, hù)
How to remember it
hire · Heisig RSH #898
户 door + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 户
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 户 (hù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户 sound component | hù | door; family |
| 芦 | lú | rushes, reeds |
| 驴 | lǘ | donkey, ass |
| 沪 | hù | Shanghai; the Shanghai river |
| 妒 | dù | jealous, envious |
| 扈 | hù | escort, retinue; insolent |
| 戽 | hù | to bale out; to irrigate |
Words containing 雇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳雇关系 | láo gù guān xì | relations between labor and employer; industrial relations |
| 雇主 | gù zhǔ | variant of 雇主[gu4 zhu3] |
| 雇主 | gù zhǔ | employer |
| 雇用 | gù yòng | to employ; to hire |
| 贫雇农 | pín gù nóng | poor peasants (in Marxism) |
| 雇员 | gù yuán | employee |
| 解雇 | jiě gù | to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment |
| 受雇 | shòu gù | to be employed; to be hired; hired; paid |
| 劳雇 | láo gù | labor and employer |
| 雇佣兵 | gù yōng bīng | (military) mercenary |
| 雇凶 | gù xiōng | to hire a hitman |
| 雇佣 | gù yōng | to employ; to hire |
| 雇佣 | gù yōng | to employ; to hire |