The kanji 雇: meaning, readings and stroke order

雇

Meaning: hire, employ
On reading: コ ko
Kun reading: やと（う） yatou
Strokes: 12
Radical: 隹 small bird
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thuê (người) (cố)
Japanese: おかねをはらってひとをはたらかせる。
Korean: 고용하다 (고)
Chinese: 雇用、雇

Readings, words and example sentences

コ ko · on reading · less common

雇こ用よう
employment, jobs
雇こ用ようが増えました。
There are more jobs now.

やと（う） yatou · kun reading · less common

雇やとう
to hire
店で人を 雇やといます。
The shop hires people.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.