Chinese symbol for “hire”
租
zū
to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hire is 租 (zū), defined as: to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hire”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招收 | zhāo shōu | to hire; to recruit |
| 佣 (傭) | yōng | to hire; to employ |
| 录用 (錄用) | lù yòng | to hire (an employee); to accept (a manuscript) for publication |
| 租赁 (租賃) | zū lìn | to rent; to lease; to hire |
| 雇佣 (僱傭) | gù yōng | to employ; to hire |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 租.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出租车 (出租車) | chū zū chē | taxi; (Tw) rental car |
| 出租 | chū zū | to rent |
| 租赁 (租賃) | zū lìn | to rent; to lease; to hire |
| 租金 | zū jīn | rent |
| 房租 | fáng zū | rent for a room or house |
| 租借 | zū jiè | to rent; to lease |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hire”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.