Japanese symbol for “employing”

傭聘

ようへい

Romaji: youhei

employing; employment

In Japanese, employing is 傭聘, read ようへい (youhei).

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Meanings

n, vs employing; employment

Kanji and stroke order

傭

employ, hire

on: ヨウ、チョウ
kun: やと.う、あた.い、ひと.しい

13 strokes

聘

invite

on: ヘイ
kun: へい.する、と.う、め.す

13 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
傭兵	ようへい youhei	mercenary (soldier)
傭い兵	やといへい yatoihei	mercenary soldier
傭人	ようにん younin	employee
傭船契約	ようせんけいやく yousenkeiyaku	chartering ships
日傭取	ひようとり hiyoutori	day laborer; day labourer; journeyman
招聘	しょうへい shouhei	(courteous) invitation; call
使聘	しへい shihei	sending a messenger to present gifts

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.