Read Edit View history Discussion 僱 gù HSK7 employ Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas gù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 僱 Simp strokes 僱 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 僱 Simp strokes 僱 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 僱 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 313, 794 ], [ 332, 780 ], [ 352, 746 ], [ 303, 642 ], [ 188, 462 ], [ 115, 372 ], [ 71, 331 ] ], [ [ 233, 484 ], [ 237, 454 ], [ 253, 429 ], [ 258, 369 ], [ 254, 234 ], [ 240, 89 ], [ 246, 24 ] ], [ [ 565, 845 ], [ 638, 803 ], [ 659, 773 ] ], [ [ 515, 680 ], [ 529, 673 ], [ 543, 675 ], [ 698, 716 ], [ 741, 718 ], [ 762, 705 ], [ 772, 690 ], [ 749, 643 ], [ 723, 633 ] ], [ [ 506, 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431 283 442 Q 241 487 235 491 C 213 511 202 489 210 460 Z", "M 588 805 Q 610 787 634 765 Q 647 753 662 755 Q 672 756 677 768 Q 681 783 671 811 Q 659 838 581 851 Q 566 854 560 851 Q 556 847 557 835 Q 561 825 588 805 Z", "M 764 616 Q 788 661 812 674 Q 827 690 815 706 Q 746 760 699 733 Q 617 705 505 683 C 476 677 493 648 522 656 Q 528 657 538 661 Q 622 680 702 699 Q 723 703 732 696 Q 738 687 716 622 C 707 594 749 590 764 616 Z", "M 501 541 Q 511 541 524 542 Q 603 564 774 587 Q 784 588 784 597 Q 784 604 764 616 L 716 622 Q 713 622 712 621 Q 597 590 505 572 C 476 566 471 540 501 541 Z", "M 505 683 Q 493 693 477 700 Q 459 710 447 705 Q 437 699 442 686 Q 460 659 456 611 Q 435 413 408 332 Q 405 325 403 317 Q 367 224 295 116 Q 291 110 288 105 Q 285 95 295 97 Q 326 101 400 214 Q 410 235 424 258 Q 481 382 501 541 L 505 572 Q 508 594 511 613 Q 514 634 522 656 C 526 669 526 669 505 683 Z", "M 522 324 Q 577 399 620 474 Q 626 484 622 492 Q 618 501 596 502 Q 572 505 564 500 Q 558 497 558 486 Q 562 431 457 287 Q 444 271 464 279 Q 477 283 497 300 L 522 324 Z", "M 557 68 Q 556 218 561 253 Q 568 277 559 286 Q 543 304 532 316 Q 528 322 522 324 C 498 342 489 329 497 300 Q 510 252 515 221 Q 515 112 497 40 Q 485 0 517 -43 Q 518 -44 520 -46 Q 536 -59 546 -36 Q 559 -2 558 39 L 557 68 Z", "M 696 504 Q 741 459 753 458 Q 760 458 765 469 Q 769 479 763 503 Q 756 524 693 541 Q 681 545 676 543 Q 672 539 673 530 Q 674 521 696 504 Z", "M 715 373 Q 829 406 833 409 Q 840 416 835 423 Q 828 432 805 436 Q 780 439 757 428 Q 726 415 693 404 Q 656 394 613 387 Q 583 380 606 368 Q 634 353 679 363 L 715 373 Z", "M 738 269 Q 775 279 809 286 Q 830 290 821 301 Q 811 314 788 316 Q 769 317 740 308 L 692 290 Q 656 280 625 268 Q 610 264 630 251 Q 633 250 693 258 L 738 269 Z", "M 735 179 Q 778 189 816 194 Q 837 198 829 209 Q 819 222 797 226 Q 776 226 736 215 L 693 202 Q 657 193 626 183 Q 611 180 630 167 Q 636 163 693 171 L 735 179 Z", "M 732 101 Q 733 141 735 179 L 736 215 Q 736 243 738 269 L 740 308 Q 743 347 739 353 Q 727 365 715 373 C 691 391 665 390 679 363 Q 691 345 692 290 L 693 258 Q 693 236 693 202 L 693 171 Q 693 137 693 93 C 693 63 731 71 732 101 Z", "M 693 93 Q 629 83 557 68 C 528 62 528 43 558 39 Q 588 33 636 45 Q 739 69 895 70 Q 911 71 916 78 Q 920 88 906 100 Q 854 134 801 117 Q 771 111 732 101 L 693 93 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.