What 𩿇 means
It belongs to 雇’s old seasonal-bird sense.
The Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字), a Chinese character dictionary completed around 100 CE during the Eastern Han dynasty, labels 𩿇 as 籀文 (zhòuwén), an older script form of 雇. It lists nine seasonal birds under 雇 and ties them to farming and raising silkworms.
Which form should you use for “hire”?
Use the ordinary spelling for your Chinese variety.
Simplified Chinese uses 雇 for hiring; Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record both 雇 and 僱 for this sense. 𩿇 is catalogued as an older variant, not a routine modern spelling.
Who writes 𩿇
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𩿇 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𩿇
- Search it as
- 𩿇 · 雇 variant · old form 雇 · 籀文 雇 · 僱 hire
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𩿇\29FC7Codes and encoding1 code points
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