佣
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to hire; to employ; servant; hired laborer; domestic help
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 佣
- Common rank
- #2,588
- Unicode
- U+4F63
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Formation & memory
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How 佣 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An employed 用 person 亻; 用 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
put to work · Heisig RSH #2776
人 person + rack
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 佣
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佣人 | servant | |
| 家佣 | domestic helper | |
| 佣金 | commission | |
| 佣工 | hired laborer; servant | |
| 回佣 | commission; sales | |
| 女佣 | (female) maid | |
| 佣兵 | (military) mercenary; (sports) player hired from another country | |
| 佣钱 | commission; brokerage | |
| 佣妇 | maid; female servant; domestic worker; domestic helper; housekeeper | |
| 抽佣 | to take a commission; to take a percentage cut | |
| 雇佣兵 | (military) mercenary | |
| 菲佣 | Filipino maid | |
| 帮佣 | servant; domestic help | |
| 雇佣 | to employ; to hire | |
| 雇佣 | to employ; to hire | |
| 佣婢 | servant girl |