雇 Kanji – employ

Meaning and Readings

How is 雇 read?

雇 has the onyomi reading コ and the kunyomi reading やとう.

In romaji, these readings can be written as ko, yatou.

Common Japanese Words Using 雇

These common Japanese words contain 雇. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.

• 解雇（かいこ） — dismissal (of an employee), discharge, firing, layoff
• 雇用（こよう） — employment, hire
• 雇い主（やといぬし） — employer
• 雇う（やとう） — to employ, to hire, to take on

Related Kanji

• 呼
  call, call out to, invite
• 古
  old
• 戸
  door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
• 故
  happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
• 固
  harden, set, clot, curdle
• 居
  reside, to be, exist, live with