employ

Original meaning: 

type of bird

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally was the name of a type of bird. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
户 sound component

  Sound component

  

door

隹 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

雇 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
雇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

variant of [gù]

 

employ, to hire; to employ; to hire; to rent

Most common words with 雇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to employ

解雇

to fire

雇佣

to employ

雇员

employee

雇主

employer

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)