U+50AD "傭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
傭
U+50AD "傭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to hire" or "to employ," often referring to hired labor, a mercenary, or a servant. It is composed of the radical "亻" (person) on the left, indicating its association with people, and the phonetic component "庸" on the right. In classical and modern Chinese usage, this character appears in words like "僱傭" (employment) and can connote paid work or service, especially in the context of domestic help or casual labor. The character also appears in Japanese and Korean Hanja with similar meanings, reflecting its historical role in East Asian written language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+50AD |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 傭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 傭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x82 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x50AD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000050AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u50ad |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B6C4 |
| kCCCII | 213245 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-632B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-632B |
| kCangjie | OILB |
| kCantonese | jung4 |
| kCihaiT | 122.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0242.200 |
| kDefinition | hire, employ, charter; servant |
| kEACC | 213245 |
| kFanqie | 餘封 丑凶 |
| kFenn | 595D |
| kFennIndex | 641.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2022.7 |
| kGB1 | 5122 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 1185y |
| kHangul | 용:0N |
| kHanYu | 10214.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10214.060:chōng,yōng,yòng |
| kHKGlyph | 0223 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0242.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10214.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0114.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5336 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B6C4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4D43 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FAC0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6936 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-632B |
| kJapanese | ヨウ チョウ ユ やとう やとい |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | YATOU ATAI HITOSHII |
| kJapaneseOn | YOU CHOU |
| kJis0 | 4535 |
| kKangXi | 0114.110 |
| kKarlgren | 263 |
| kKorean | YONG CHWUNG |
| kMandarin | yōng |
| kMatthews | 7577 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3958 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007014 |
| kMorohashi | 01007 |
| kNelson | 0530 |
| kPhonetic | 1656 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3885+9.2.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 9.11 |
| kSBGY | 035.13 036.40 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "佣" U+4F63 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 38.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yōng粵jung4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0276 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 254:171 |
| kXHC1983 | 1391.121:yōng |