雇

See also: 僱

雇 U+96C7, 雇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96C7 ← 集 [U+96C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 雈 → [U+96C8]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 僱, 顧, 𢻠, 𤡵, 𢩤, 𩴡, 𤺮

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 / 形声, OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ): phonetic 戶 (OC *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 隹.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 雇 – see 僱 (“to employ; to hire; to be employed; to be hired; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 僱).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		雇
simp. #		雇
alternative forms		鳸／𱉓 𩿇 𪄮 obsolete

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ (“bird, egg, wing, fowl”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴
    • Yale: hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: huX

Rime
Character	雇
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	侯古切
Baxter	huX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔX/
Li Rong	/ɣoX/
Wang Li	/ɣuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雇
Reading #	2/2
No.	5300
Phonetic component	戸
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戸
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːʔ/

Definitions

雇

1. migratory birds

Compounds

• 雇主 (gùzhǔ)
• 雇倩
• 雇員 (gùyuán)
• 雇妻鬻子
• 雇工 (gùgōng)
• 雇農 (gùnóng)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04456