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雇
gù
1. to employ
2. to hire
3. to rent
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

雇
gù
employment; to hire, to employ
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (11)

雇用
gùyòng
to employ
劳雇
láogù
labor and employer
受雇
shòugù
to be employed
解雇
jiěgù
to fire
HSK 6
雇主
gùzhǔ
employer
雇佣
gùyōng
to employ
HSK 6
雇员
gùyuán
employee
贫雇农
píngùnóng
poor peasants (in Marxism)
雇佣兵
gùyōngbīng
mercenary
劳雇关系
láogùguānxì
relations between labor and employer
挟持雇主
xiéchígùzhǔ
gherao (from Hindi, SE Asian method of protest)

Alternate Entries

雇
gù
variant of [[雇<gù>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,816
Word Frequency Rank
2,649 of 84,292