Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 效)

Readings

• Goon: ぎょう (gyō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: hiệu

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