效

See also: 効 and 傚

Translingual

Han character

效 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜大人大 (YKOK), four-corner 0844₀, composition ⿰交攵)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 470, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13186
• Dae Jaweon: page 820, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1457, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6548

---

Chinese

simp. and trad.		效

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烄	*keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟	*kreːw
鮫	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞	*kreːwʔ
狡	*kreːwʔ
姣	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校	*kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效	*ɡreːws
効	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiào (xiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): háu
• Northern Min (KCR): hāu
• Eastern Min (BUC): hâu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁷

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siào
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴
    • Yale: syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haau⁶
    • Yale: haauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: háu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau³
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xau⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu
    • Tâi-lô: hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau¹¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: haewH

Rime
Character	效
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡敎切
Baxter	haewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨwH/
Li Rong	/ɣauH/
Wang Li	/ɣauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[k]ˤraw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	效
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiào
Middle Chinese	‹ hæwH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-[k]ˁraw-s/
English	imitate, follow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	效
Reading #	1/1
No.	6329
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	效
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːws/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 效

1. to devote
2. result; effect
3. effectiveness

---

Japanese

Shinjitai	効
Kyūjitai	效

Kanji

效

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 効)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: きく (kiku, 效く); ならう (narau, 效う); いたす (itasu, 效す)

---

Korean

Hanja

效 • (hyo) (hangeul 효, revised hyo, McCune–Reischauer hyo, Yale hyo)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 效 (hiệu)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.