聘
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to employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth; (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off; (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission; Taiwan pr. [ping4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 耳 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 聘
- Common rank
- #2,078
- Unicode
- U+8058
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
employ · Heisig RSH #2284
耳 ear + sprout + snare
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 聘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 应聘者 | person taking a job; job applicant; CL:位[wei4] | |
| 招聘会 | recruitment meeting; job fair | |
| 受聘于 | to be employed at | |
| 招聘机构 | recruiting agency | |
| 招聘者 | prospective employer; job advertiser; recruiter | |
| 聘金 | betrothal money (given to the bride's family) | |
| 下聘 | to send the betrothal gifts; (fig.) to conclude a marriage | |
| 合聘 | (Tw) (of multiple institutions, departments or organizations) to jointly recruit; to joint… | |
| 聘用 | to employ; to hire | |
| 聘书 | letter of appointment; contract | |
| 解聘 | to dismiss an employee; to sack | |
| 应聘 | to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position | |
| 纳聘 | to pay bride-price (payment to the bride's family in former times) | |
| 联聘 | (of multiple institutions, departments or organizations) to jointly recruit; to jointly ap… | |
| 高薪聘请 | to hire at a high salary | |
| 受聘 | hired (for employment); invited (e.g. to lecture); engaged (for a task); (in olden times) … | |
| 聘礼 | betrothal gift | |
| 聘任 | to appoint (to a position); appointed | |
| 聘问 | international exchange of visits; to visit as envoy; to visit as family representative for… | |
| 招聘 | to invite applications for a job; to recruit |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 甹 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甹 sound part | chivalrous knight | |
| 娉 | beautiful, charming, graceful | |
| 骋 | to gallop, to hasten, to hurry |