to employ

to hire; to rent

door (户) + bird (隹) = to employ and keep

隹 depicts a short-tailed bird, evoking a creature kept or managed under one's roof. 户 mainly provides the sound gù; the bird radical carries the sense of something controlled or retained.

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DoorPhonetic
Short-tailed birdSemantic

这家店了两个新员工。

zhè jiā diàn gù le liǎng gè xīn yuán gōng。

This shop hired two new employees.

公司决定一位有经验的厨师。

gōng sī jué dìng gù yī wèi yǒu jīng yàn de chú shī。

The company decided to hire an experienced cook.

Words with 雇

雇佣

gù yōng

to employ; to hire

雇佣兵

gù yōng bīng

(military) mercenary

雇员

gù yuán

employee

雇凶

gù xiōng

to hire a hitman

雇用

gù yòng

to employ; to hire

雇主

gù zhǔ

employer

劳雇

láo gù

labor and employer

劳雇关系

láo gù guān xì

relations between labor and employer

受雇

shòu gù

to be employed

解雇

jiě gù

to fire

贫雇农

pín gù nóng

poor peasants (in Marxism)

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