効

効 U+52B9, 効 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52B9 ← 劸 [U+52B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 劺 → [U+52BA]

効 (Kangxi 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

• 俲, 𤟋, 𥇟

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːws) : phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw) + semantic 力

For pronunciation and definitions of 効 – see 效 (“to devote; result; effect; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 效).

Shinjitai	効
Kyūjitai	效

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 效)

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: きく (kiku, 効く, Jōyō)、ならう (narau, 効う)、いたす (itasu, 効す)

• 有(ゆう)効(こう) (yūkō)

Kanji in this term
効
こう Grade: 5
kan'on

Alternative spelling
效 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 効 (MC haewH), a variant of 效 (MC haewH).

• (Tokyo) こー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

効(こう) • (kō) ^{←かう (kau)?}

1. efficacy, benefit, effect

Kanji in this term
効
かい Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
效 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 効 – see the following entry.

【甲斐かい】 [noun] value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing Alternative spelling 詮

(This term, 効, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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

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効: Hán Nôm readings: hiệu

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