Character Contained In References Comments
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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
戶 隹 ⿸户隹
Mandarin
gu4, hu4
English
Definitions
to hire; employ
Mnemonic
A bird 隹 that perches on doors 戶
Etymology
Notes
This character originally meant a kind of bird; it is considered to have been a sound loan based on 賈