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Employ Turkey Walks Fire Hire Door Radical I´Ll

Kanji
Onyomi
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
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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