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
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng⁵ / yoeng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iōng / iong

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁶

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: iung
  - Hakka Romanization System: iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: iung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøŋ²¹/
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/

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

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	佣金
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	佣錢
Central Plains Mandarin	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
Southern Min	Tainan	中儂禮
Wu	Shanghai	佣鈿, 康密興 dated
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	佣鈿

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