僱

See also: 雇

僱 U+50F1, 僱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F1 ← 僰 [U+50F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 僲 → [U+50F2]

Translingual

Han character

僱 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 人竹尸土 (OHSG), four-corner 2321₄, composition ⿰亻雇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 118, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1154
• Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 222, character 7
• Unihan data for U+50F1

Chinese

trad.		僱/雇*
simp.		雇*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gù (gu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ku

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gu⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gù
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴
    • Yale: gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu³
    • Yale: gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ku
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kox
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹/

Definitions

僱

1. to employ; to hire
2. to be employed; to be hired
3. to rent; to lease
4. a surname, Gu

Synonyms

• (to rent):

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• 佃 (diàn) (dialectal)
• 承租 (chéngzū)
• 租 (zū)
• 租用 (zūyòng)
• 縛 / 缚 (Xiamen Hokkien)

Compounds

• 僱不起 / 雇不起
• 僱主 / 雇主 (gùzhǔ)
• 僱人 / 雇人
• 僱佣 (gùyōng)
• 僱傭 / 雇佣 (gùyōng)
• 僱傭兵 / 雇佣兵 (gùyōngbīng)
• 僱員 / 雇员 (gùyuán)
• 僱役 / 雇役
• 僱用 / 雇用 (gùyòng)
• 僱船 / 雇船
• 僱請 / 雇请 (gùqǐng)
• 僱車 / 雇车
• 僱農 / 雇农 (gùnóng)
• 受僱 / 受雇 (shòugù)
• 受僱人 / 受雇人
• 聘僱 / 聘雇
• 解僱 / 解雇 (jiěgù)

Japanese

Kanji

僱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: やとう (yatou, 僱う)^{←やとふ (yatofu, 僱ふ, historical)}