Japanese symbol for “journeyman”

日傭取

ひようとり

Romaji: hiyoutori

day laborer; day labourer; journeyman

In Japanese, journeyman is 日傭取, read ひようとり (hiyoutori).

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Meanings

n day laborer; day labourer; journeyman

Kanji and stroke order

日

day, sun, Japan

on: ニチ、ジツ
kun: ひ、-び、-か

4 strokes · JLPT 4

傭

employ, hire

on: ヨウ、チョウ
kun: やと.う、あた.い、ひと.しい

13 strokes

取

take, fetch, take up

on: シュ
kun: と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
今日	きょう kyou	today; this day
日本	にほん nihon	Japan
毎日	まいにち mainichi	every day; daily
明日	あした ashita	tomorrow
昨日	きのう kinou	yesterday
日常	にちじょう nichijou	everyday; daily; ordinary
傭兵	ようへい youhei	mercenary (soldier)
傭い兵	やといへい yatoihei	mercenary soldier
取引	とりひき torihiki	transactions; dealings; business

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.