You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) 賃 Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1207, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ren (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ren (falling tone) As defined in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To hire or work for pay. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To borrow or hire. Categorized Chapters (Leipian): To hire someone or rent something using property. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Fan Ju: I worked as a hired laborer for others. Also from Broad Erudition (Guangya): To trespass or exceed. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form (ren).