Japanese symbol for “hired”
雇われ
やとわれ
Romaji: yatoware
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
In Japanese, hired is 雇われ, read やとわれ (yatoware).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n-pref person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雇用 | こよう koyou | employment; hire |
| 解雇 | かいこ kaiko | dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing |
| 雇う | やとう yatou | to employ; to hire; to take on |
| 雇い主 | やといぬし yatoinushi | employer |
| 雇い | やとい yatoi | employee; employment |
| 日雇い | ひやとい hiyatoi | daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer |
See also: Chinese symbol for “hired”.
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.