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雇
僱
gù
1. variant of [[雇<gù>]]
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (11)

雇员
gùyuán
employee
劳雇
láogù
labor and employer
解雇
jiěgù
to fire
HSK 6
雇主
gùzhǔ
employer
雇佣
gùyōng
to employ
HSK 6
雇用
gùyòng
to employ
受雇
shòugù
to be employed
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
to employ / to hire / to rent

Metadata

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

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