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: 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
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

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

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 効 – see 效 (“to devote; result; effect; etc.”).
(This character, 効, 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 ɦˠauH).

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

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), 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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