雇
employ, hire
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
20 of 68- 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
Study
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.