Read Edit View history 雇 gù HSK7 employ Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Originally was the name of a type of bird. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. 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 雇 Simp strokes 雇 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 雇 Simp strokes 雇 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 雇 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 490, 848 ], [ 574, 809 ], [ 602, 774 ] ], [ [ 384, 662 ], [ 411, 675 ], [ 509, 688 ], [ 657, 720 ], [ 679, 711 ], [ 700, 679 ], [ 676, 630 ], [ 646, 614 ] ], [ [ 357, 517 ], [ 371, 526 ], [ 641, 580 ], [ 706, 574 ] ], [ [ 311, 712 ], [ 331, 692 ], [ 346, 656 ], [ 316, 489 ], [ 278, 351 ], [ 242, 260 ], [ 193, 171 ], [ 112, 61 ], [ 71, 22 ] ], [ [ 413, 477 ], [ 424, 468 ], [ 438, 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"M 432 61 Q 436 209 443 247 Q 450 272 441 282 Q 425 301 412 314 Q 405 323 396 327 C 371 344 361 329 371 301 Q 390 250 391 196 Q 390 187 390 177 Q 389 93 366 7 Q 354 -42 389 -83 L 390 -85 Q 406 -100 418 -75 Q 430 -38 431 39 L 432 61 Z", "M 583 485 Q 607 469 633 448 Q 643 439 655 441 Q 662 442 666 452 Q 667 464 659 484 Q 653 500 628 509 Q 568 524 560 518 Q 556 515 558 506 Q 562 499 583 485 Z", "M 641 378 Q 699 391 759 403 Q 798 413 803 418 Q 810 425 807 433 Q 800 443 774 450 Q 750 456 652 424 Q 553 403 512 398 Q 478 392 503 377 Q 542 356 592 368 Q 593 369 596 368 L 641 378 Z", "M 660 275 Q 715 287 766 294 Q 791 298 781 312 Q 771 327 743 332 Q 712 335 662 319 L 607 304 Q 552 291 504 278 Q 486 274 508 258 Q 521 249 547 254 Q 577 261 607 265 L 660 275 Z", "M 655 177 Q 727 190 789 199 Q 814 202 805 216 Q 795 232 767 237 Q 749 240 657 219 L 607 207 Q 546 195 492 182 Q 474 178 496 162 Q 509 152 540 157 Q 574 164 607 169 L 655 177 Z", "M 650 89 Q 651 135 655 177 L 657 219 Q 658 249 660 275 L 662 319 Q 668 352 662 360 Q 652 370 641 378 C 617 396 584 396 596 368 Q 605 353 607 304 L 607 265 Q 607 241 607 207 L 607 169 Q 607 132 607 83 C 607 53 649 59 650 89 Z", "M 607 83 Q 525 74 432 61 C 406 57 407 57 431 39 Q 458 15 494 23 Q 620 57 895 57 Q 914 57 919 66 Q 923 76 908 90 Q 854 132 794 114 Q 736 104 650 89 L 607 83 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + 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.