# 佣

| 佣 | U+4F63, &#20323; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F63 |
| ← 佢 [U+4F62] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佤 → [U+4F64] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佣 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人月手 (OBQ), four-corner 2722$_0$, composition ⿰亻用)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 100, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 539
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4F63

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 佣 – see 傭 (“servant; maid; to employ; to hire; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 傭).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2

From 用 (yòng, “to use”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yòng (yong$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jung$^6$ / jung$^{6-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yuung$^5$ / yuung$^1$ / yuung$^{5*}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): iung
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng$^5$ / yeng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iōng / iong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iong$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòng
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòng
*** Wade–Giles: yung$^4$
*** Yale: yùng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonq
*** Palladius: юн (jun)
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^6$ / jung$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: yuhng / yúng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^6$ / jung$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^6$ / yung$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²²/, /jʊŋ²²⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yuung$^5$ / yuung$^1$ / yuung$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɵŋ³²/, /jɵŋ³³/, /jɵŋ³²⁻³²⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: iung
*** Hakka Romanization System: iung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: iung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /œŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: yeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /yøŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng
*** Tâi-lô: iōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iong
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong
*** Tâi-lô: iong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iofng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iong$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /ioŋ³⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*loŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 佣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15461 |
| Phonetic component | 用 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 用 |
| Old Chinese | /*loŋs/ |
| Notes | 用的今分化字 |

#### Definitions

佣
* commission (amount of money paid to a middleman)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 佣金, 佣錢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 佣金 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 佣錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 佣錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 佣錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 行佣, 佣錢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 佣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 佣金, 佣, commission |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 佣 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 佣金 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 佣金, 中人禮 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 中人禮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 佣金, 中人禮 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 佣金, 中人錢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 佣金, 中人禮 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 佣金, 中人禮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 佣錢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 中儂錢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 中儂禮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 佣鈿, 康密興 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 佣鈿 |

#### Compounds

* 佣金
* 佣鈿
* 佣錢 (yòngqián)
* 回佣
* 行佣