The kanji 効: meaning, readings and stroke order

効

Meaning: effect, work
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: き（く） kiku
Strokes: 8
Radical: 力 power, force
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 效

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tác dụng, hiệu quả (hiệu)
Japanese: ききめ。きく。
Korean: 효과, 잘 듣다 (효)
Chinese: 效果、见效 (效)

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

効こう果か
effect
飲んだ薬の 効こう果かが出ました。
The medicine I took started to work.

き（く） kiku · kun reading

効きく
to work, to be effective
この薬はよく 効ききます。
This medicine works well.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.