雇
雇 — Employ
employ, hire
On’yomiコ (ko)
Kun’yomiやとう (yatou)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 雇
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雇用 | こよう koyou | employment; hire |
| 解雇 | かいこ kaiko | dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing |
| 雇い主 | やといぬし yatoinushi | employer |
| 雇う | やとう yatou | to employ; to hire; to take on |
| 日雇い | ひやとい hiyatoi | daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer |
| 完全雇用 | かんぜんこよう kanzenkoyou | full employment |
Study notes
雇 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #975 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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