U+52B4 "労" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+52B4 "労" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji character used primarily in Japanese, where it serves as a simplified form of the traditional Chinese character 勞, meaning "labor," "toil," or "work." It is composed of the radical 力 (strength) above the component 炏 (fire), symbolizing the burning effort involved in hard physical or mental exertion. In modern Japanese, it appears in common words such as 労働 (rodō, "labor") and 努力 (doryoku, "effort"), and it also functions as the 34th radical in the Kangxi system under the traditional form. Its encoding in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation across platforms, supporting written communication in East Asian texts.