雇 JLPT N2 Kanji 雇 — employ, hire JLPT N2 12 strokes Secondary (Jōyō) Radical 隹 #975 most frequent Readings On'yomiコ Kun'yomiやと.う Example words 雇用こようemployment (long term); hire 雇うやとう(1) to employ (2) to hire; to charter