傭

See also: 佣
傭 U+50AD, 傭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50AD
← 催
[U+50AC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 傮 →
[U+50AE]

Translingual

Han character

傭 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人戈中月 (OILB), four-corner 20227, composition ⿰亻庸)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 114, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1007
  • Dae Jaweon: page 242, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 214, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+50AD

Chinese
trad. 傭
simp. 佣*

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 傭
Small seal script

s05728

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
通 *l̥ʰoːŋ
俑 *l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪 *l̥ʰoːŋ
桶 *l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅 *l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛 *l̥ʰoːŋs
筩 *l'oːŋ
誦 *ljoŋs
傭 *l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵 *ɦljoŋ
鱅 *ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽 *loŋ
墉 *loŋ
鏞 *loŋ
鄘 *loŋ
槦 *loŋ
銿 *loŋ
甬 *loŋʔ
勇 *loŋʔ
涌 *loŋʔ
踊 *loŋʔ
蛹 *loŋʔ
恿 *loŋʔ
慂 *loŋʔ
悀 *loŋʔ
埇 *loŋʔ
踴 *loŋʔ
庸 *loŋ
用 *loŋs
佣 *loŋs

Pronunciation 1

Note: yóng - obsolete.
Rime
Character 傭
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 餘封切
Baxter yowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /juawŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ioŋ/
Wang
Li		 /jĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 傭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yōng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yowng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*loŋ/
English hire

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 傭
Reading # 2/2
No. 15444
Phonetic
component		 用
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 容
Old
Chinese		 /*loŋ/
Notes 庸轉註字見莊子

Definitions

傭

  1. servant; maid
  2. to employ; to hire
  3. † salary; wages
  4. † Alternative form of 庸 (“ordinary; mediocre; a kind of tax during the Tang dynasty”)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 傭
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丑凶切
Baxter trhjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈʰɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈʰioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶʰioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈʰuawŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ȶʰioŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ȶʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶʰi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cung1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 傭
Reading # 1/2
No. 15437
Phonetic
component		 用
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蹱
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ʰoŋ/

Definitions

傭

  1. † equal; even; fair; just

References

Japanese

Kanji
傭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. employ, hire

Readings

Compounds
Compounds
Kanji in this term
傭
よう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ː]

Affix

傭(よう) • (yō) 

  1. hire; employ

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 傭 (MC yowng). Recorded as Middle Korean 요ᇰ (yong) (Yale: yong) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 傭 (eumhun 품팔이 용 (pumpari yong))

  1. Hanja form? of 용 (“employ; hire”).

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 傭 (MC trhjowng).

Hanja

傭 (eumhun 고를 총 (goreul chong))

  1. (literary Chinese) Hanja form? of 총 (“even; fair”).

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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