効

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Definitions

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

効

Kyūjitai

效

Kanji

効

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

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
効
こう
Grade: 5
kan’on
Alternative spelling
效 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 効 (MC haewH).

Pronunciation

Noun

効(こう) • (kō) ←かう (kau)?

  1. efficacy, benefit, effect

Etymology 2

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.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

効: Hán Nôm readings: hiệu

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