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雇

employ, hire

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • コ

Kun'yomi

  • やと.う

Meaning

雇 centers on bringing someone into service: employing or hiring a person to do work.

Most common words using 雇

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  • 雇用こよう
    N1

    employment; hire

  • 雇うやとう
    N3

    to employ; to hire; to take on

  • 解雇かいこ
    N1

    dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff

  • 雇いやとい

    employee; employment

  • 日雇いひやとい

    daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

  • 雇い主やといぬし

    employer

  • 完全雇用かんぜんこよう

    full employment

  • お雇い外国人おやといがいこくじん

    hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

  • 一時解雇いちじかいこ

    (temporary) layoff

  • 一時雇用いちじこよう

    temporary employment; temp work

  • 不完全雇用ふかんぜんこよう

    underemployment

  • 不当解雇ふとうかいこ

    unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination

  • 再雇用さいこよう

    reemployment

  • 契約雇用けいやくこよう

    contract employment

  • 常時雇用じょうじこよう

    full-time employment

  • 常雇いじょうやとい

    regular employment; full-time employment

  • 懲戒解雇ちょうかいかいこ

    disciplinary discharge; punitive dismissal

  • 整理解雇せいりかいこ

    restructuring termination (of employment); dismissal due to economic conditions

  • 新規雇用しんきこよう

    new jobs

  • 日雇い労働者ひやといろうどうしゃ

    day laborer; day labourer

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Etymology

雇 combines 户 (door) with 隹 (bird). The historical connection to employment is uncertain; one possibility is that it originally referred to a bird kept at home, later extended to hired workers.

Meaning mnemonic

A bird (隹) inside a door (户) suggests a hired worker who comes inside to help: 雇 means employ or hire.

Reading mnemonic

For コ, imagine a company hiring a new employee and giving them a small 子 (こ, child) to train: 子 -> コ, and the new hire learns the job.