佣

See also: 傭

佣 U+4F63, 佣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F63 ← 佢 [U+4F62] CJK Unified Ideographs 佤 → [U+4F64]

Translingual

Han character

佣 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人月手 (OBQ), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻用)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 100, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 539
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F63

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 佣 – see 傭 (“servant; maid; to employ; to hire; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 傭).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		佣

From 用 (yòng, “to use”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòng (yong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jung⁶, jung^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yuung⁵, yuung¹, yuung^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): iung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iōng / iong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòng
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴
    • Yale: yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonq
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶, jung^6-2
    • Yale: yuhng, yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶, jung^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶, yung^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²²/, /jʊŋ²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yuung⁵, yuung¹, yuung^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵŋ³²/, /jɵŋ³³/, /jɵŋ³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: iung
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: iung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng
    • Tâi-lô: iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong
    • Tâi-lô: iong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佣
Reading #	1/1
No.	15461
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	用
Old Chinese	/*loŋs/
Notes	用的今分化字

Definitions

佣

1. commission (amount of money paid to a middleman)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 佣金 (“commission”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		佣金, 佣錢
Mandarin	Taiwan	佣金
	Jinan	佣錢
	Luoyang	佣錢
	Wanrong	佣錢
	Xuzhou	行佣, 佣錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	佣
	Hong Kong	佣金, 佣, commission
	Taishan	佣
	Dongguan	佣金
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	佣金, 中人禮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中人禮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佣金, 中人禮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	佣金, 中人錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佣金, 中人禮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佣金, 中人禮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	佣錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	中儂錢
	Tainan	中儂禮
Wu	Shanghai	佣鈿, 康密興 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	佣鈿

Compounds

• 佣金
• 佣鈿
• 佣錢 (yòngqian)
• 回佣
• 行佣