Entry
  1. Noun

    daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

    むかしのような激しい日雇い労働はできやしない。
    I can't work as hard as I used to.

Also written 日雇【ひやとい】日傭い【ひやとい】日傭【ひやとい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Kun
-び-か
On
ニチジツ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
1 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

あきいるくさこうたちにっにつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-1, 4-4-1SKIP code
4c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.0Four corner code
3878deroo
65e5Unicode hex code
1-38-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2097Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2410New Nelson (John Haig)
3027New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3759Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
77Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
5Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13733Morohashi
62A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
5Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
11sakade
56Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
13henshall3
33Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3crowley
16Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
963Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
12Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ri4Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

employ, hire

Kun
やと.う
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
975 of 2500
Radical
short-tailed bird
WaniKani
Level 39

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-1-11, 3-4-8SKIP code
4m8.1The Kanji Dictionary
3021.4Four corner code
3075deroo
96c7Unicode hex code
1-24-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1826Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6497New Nelson (John Haig)
1956New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2454Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1241Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1706Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1083Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1164Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1419A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1604Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41976XMorohashi
1232A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1553Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1655Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
993Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1601Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1083Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1850Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1092Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu4Pinyin reading
go, hoKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level