Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

975 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: employ, hire

Kunyomi: やと.う

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ふるとり

Meaning: small bird

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

終身用制(しゅうしんこようせい)   system of lifetime employment

用する(こようする)   employ, hire

する(かいこする)   discharge, fire, dismiss

う(やとう)   employ, hire

い(ひやとい)   day labor

い主(やといぬし)   employer

Onyomi Examples

コヨウ employment, hire

い主 ヤトイヌシ employer

不当解 フトウカイコ unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, unfair termination

整理解 セイリカイコ restructuring termination (of employment), dismissal due to economic conditions

Kunyomi Examples

やとう to employ, to hire, to charter