効

See also 效

Translingual

Han character

効 (radical 19 力+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜大大尸 (YKKS))

1. efficacious, effectiveness
2. to toil, to serve in the army

References

• KangXi: page 147, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2334
• Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 370, character 1
• Unihan data for U+52B9

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Japanese

Kanji

効 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: きく (kiku), ならう (narau), いたす (itasu)

Compounds

• 有効 (ゆうこう, yūkō)

Noun

効 (hiragana こう, romaji kō)

1. efficacy, benefit, effect

効 (hiragana かい, romaji kai)

1. Alternative form of 甲斐.

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Korean

Hanja

効 (hangeul 효, revised hyo, McCune-Reischauer hyo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

効 (pinyin xiào (xiao4), Wade-Giles hsiao⁴)