U+52B3 "劳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

劳

U+52B3 "劳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that forms a core part of the East Asian writing system, particularly in Simplified Chinese where it is used as the simplified form of the traditional character 勞. Its fundamental meaning revolves around concepts of labor, work, toil, and effort, often extending to notions of fatigue or exertion. Etymologically, the character combines components related to fire and strength, reflecting the ancient idea of strenuous physical work under duress. In modern usage, it appears in a wide range of common words and phrases, such as 劳动 meaning labor or work, 劳力 meaning manpower, and 疲劳 meaning fatigue, making it essential for discussing topics from employment and productivity to personal exhaustion.

General Properties

Code Point	U+52B3
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	劳
HTML Hex Encoding	劳
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8A 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x52B3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000052B3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u52b3

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII	273435
kCNS1986	E-2463
kCNS1992	3-2463
kCangjie	TBKS
kCantonese	lou4
kDaeJaweon	0331.140
kDefinition	labor, toil, do manual work
kEACC	273435
kFennIndex	288.08
kFourCornerCode	4442
kGB0	3245
kHanYu	10368.010
kHanyuPinlu	láo(856)
kIICore	AG
kIRGDaeJaweon	0331.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10368.010
kIRGKangXi	0147.071
kIRG_GSource	G0-404D
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-007643
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3835
kIRG_TSource	T3-2463
kJapanese	ロウいたわる
kTGH	2013:674
kJapaneseOn	ROU
kKangXi	0147.071
kMainlandTelegraph	0525
kMandarin	láo
kMojiJoho	MJ007643
kMorohashi	02328
kPhonetic	801 821 1587*
kRSUnicode	19.6 140.4
kSimplifiedVariant	"劳" U+52B3 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	66.07 574.17
kSpecializedSemanticVariant	U+52DE<kFenn
kTGHZ2013	210.150:láo
kTotalStrokes	7
kTraditionalVariant	"劳" U+52B3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "勞" U+52DE CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0677.010:láo