Kanji | 雇 |
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Onyomi | コ |
Kunyomi | やと.う |
English | employ, hire |
Examples | 雇用(こよう): employment (long term); hire 雇う(やとう): (1) to employ (2) to hire; to charter |
JLPT Level | 2 |
Jouyou Grade | S |
Frequency | 975 |
Components | 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) |
Number of Strokes | 12 |
Kanji Radical | 隹 |
Radical Number | 172 |
Radical Strokes | 8 |
Radical Reading | ふるとり |
Traditional Form | (none) |
Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
Keyword | employ |
Koohii Story 1 | Our company has no standards. We´ll employ any turkey who walks in the door. |
Koohii Story 2 | Comedy. An executive is having an argument with a cocky, but skilled, employee: "Damn it, you might be good. But that don´t account for your behavior. You keep this up and I´ll fire your ass." "No, you won´t." "What damn it, I´ll fire you your ass so fast you won´t...know..."-. "And what will you do after you fire me, employ the next turkey that walks through that door?" A turkey then walks through the door and hands the Exec his resume. --"The Exec employs the turkey that walked through the door". |
Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq751-1000
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