EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    employer

    彼らは雇い主に忠実だ。
    They are loyal to their master.

Also written 雇主【やといぬし】

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Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Kun
ぬし、おも、あるじ
On
シュ、ス、シュウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
95 of 2500
Radical
dot
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

かず、ず、もん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-4, 2-2-3, 4-5-2SKIP code
4f1.1The Kanji Dictionary
0010.4Four corner code
472deroo
4e3bUnicode hex code
1-28-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
285Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38New Nelson (John Haig)
1938New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2437Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1696Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
266Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
284Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
91A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
196Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
49Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
100Morohashi
299A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
155Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
155Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237sakade
106Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
315henshall3
252Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
34crowley
70Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
19Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
272Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu3Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level