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雇 = 户 + 隹

雇 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “employ”. It is built from 户 (door) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword
employ
Pinyin (Mandarin)
gù
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
employ, to hire, нанимать, to hire
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
雇 employ

Decomposition

ids

  1. 户 door
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

Characters that contain 雇

How to find 雇 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “door” + “short-tailed bird”. 雇 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 雇 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.