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雇

雇

See also: 僱

Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妒 *tqaːs
雇 *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
顧 *kʷaːs
戽 *qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
戶 *ɡʷaːʔ
扈 *ɡʷaːʔ
帍 *ɡʷaːʔ
昈 *ɡʷaːʔ
滬 *ɡʷaːʔ
簄 *ɡʷaːʔ
齭 *skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ
所 *sqʰraʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ) : phonetic 戶 ‎(OC *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 隹.

Han character

雇 (radical 172 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸人土 (HSOG) or 戈尸人土 (ISOG), four-corner 30214, composition ⿸戸隹)

  1. employ, to hire

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 1365, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41976
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1870, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4096, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+96C7

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 雇 – see 僱 (“to hire”).
(This character, 雇, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 僱.)
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 雇

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 雇 雇
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 侯古切 古暮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuoX/ /kuoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦuoX/ /kuoH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣoX/ /koH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɔX/ /kɔH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣoX/ /koH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuX/ /kuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuoX/ /kuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hù gù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 gù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kuH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[C.q]ʷˤa(ʔ)-s/
English to hire

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雇 雇
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5292 5300
Phonetic
component		 戸 戸
Rime
group		 魚 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 顧 戸
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷaːs/ /*ɡʷaːʔ/

Definitions

雇

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References

Japanese

Kanji

雇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

雇 • ‎(go, ho) (hangeul 고, 호, revised go, ho, McCune-Reischauer ko, ho, Yale ko, ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雇 (cố)

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