EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 39
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to employ; to hire; to take on

    あの店は8人の店員を雇っている。
    That store employs eight clerks.
  2. to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

Also written 傭う【やとう】

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Characters in this word

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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

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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