Zi Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Person (rén), Page 117, Entry 12 Definition: To rent or hire. Pronunciation: jiù (falling tone) Etymology: Originally written with the character for "to arrive" (jiù), later with the addition of the "person" radical. Composed of "person" and "to arrive," indicating a semantic compound. The pronunciations and meanings of "jiù" (to rent) and "jiù" (to arrive) are now distinct. Classical Citation: "Now those who hire carts, to bear the burden of a cart, exerting the strength of an ox, for the sake of a broken axle." — "Huainanzi (Huainanzi), Treatise on the Flow of Water (Sì Lùn Xùn)"