U+5EB8 "庸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
庸
U+5EB8 "庸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "common," "mediocre," or "ordinary," and it also carries the sense of "to employ" or "to use" in classical contexts. In modern Chinese, it appears in words such as "平庸" (píng yōng), meaning mediocre or commonplace, and "庸俗" (yōng sú), meaning vulgar or philistine. Historically, the character is associated with ancient philosophical and literary works, including its use in expressions like "中庸" (zhōng yōng), the central doctrine of Confucianism that emphasizes balance and harmony. Its structure combines the radical "广" (roof or shelter) with components that contribute to its phonetic and semantic readings, reflecting its evolution from bronze script origins.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5EB8 |
| 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 | 庸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 庸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBA 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5EB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005EB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5eb8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B165 |
| kCCCII | 213C7A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5A2B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5A2B |
| kCangjie | ILB |
| kCantonese | jung4 |
| kCihaiT | 490.601 |
| kCowles | 5273 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0658.050 |
| kDefinition | usual, common, ordinary, mediocre |
| kEACC | 213C7A |
| kFanqie | 餘封 |
| kFenn | 595E |
| kFennIndex | 640.11 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0022.7 |
| kGB0 | 5125 |
| kGB1 | 5125 |
| kGSR | 1185x |
| kHangul | 용:0E |
| kHanYu | 20890.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yōng(9) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20890.050:yōng,yóng |
| kHKGlyph | 1201 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0658.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20890.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0347.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5339 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B165 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4D47 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FAC6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-693C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5A2B |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8B6D |
| kJapanese | ヨウ ユ つね なんぞ もちいる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2386 |
| kJapaneseKun | MOCHIIRU TSUNE ANI |
| kJapaneseOn | YOU |
| kJis0 | 4539 |
| kKangXi | 0347.300 |
| kKarlgren | 262 |
| kKorean | YONG |
| kLau | 3597 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1661 |
| kMandarin | yōng |
| kMatthews | 7576 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3951 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011018 MJ011018:E0101 MJ059558:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 09378 09378:E0101 |
| kNelson | 1520 |
| kPhonetic | 1656 1662 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3889+53.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 53.8 |
| kSBGY | 035.03 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+342F U+2018C |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 201.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yōng粵jung4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1661 |
| kTang | iong |
| kTGHZ2013 | 441.080:yōng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 256:273 |
| kXHC1983 | 1390.080:yōng |