雇
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to employ; to hire; to rent
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 +4
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 雇
- Common rank
- #2,785
- Unicode
- U+96C7
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
hire · Heisig RSH #898
户 door + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 雇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳雇关系 | relations between labor and employer; industrial relations | |
| 雇主 | variant of 雇主[gu4 zhu3] | |
| 雇主 | employer | |
| 雇用 | to employ; to hire | |
| 贫雇农 | poor peasants (in Marxism) | |
| 雇员 | employee | |
| 解雇 | to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment | |
| 受雇 | to be employed; to be hired; hired; paid | |
| 劳雇 | labor and employer | |
| 雇佣兵 | (military) mercenary | |
| 雇凶 | to hire a hitman | |
| 雇佣 | to employ; to hire | |
| 雇佣 | to employ; to hire |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 户 — compare how they read.