雇 means “hire, employ”

やとう · yatou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

やとう

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A bird (隹) kept at the door (戸): picture it fed and housed in return for its work, like the cormorants that fish for their masters on Gifu's Nagara River. 雇う is to hire and 雇用 is employment.

Used in 雇う (yatou, to hire/employ), 雇用 (koyou, employment), and 解雇 (kaiko, dismissal)

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