# 效

| 效 | U+6548, &#25928; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6548 |
| ← 敇 [U+6547] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 敉 → [U+6549] |

## Translingual
### Han character

效 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜大人大 (YKOK), four-corner 0844$_0$, composition ⿰交攵)

#### Derived characters

* 傚, 𭉲, 𭞆, 滧, 𠙟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 470, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13186
* Dae Jaweon: page 820, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1457, character 11
* Unihan data for U+6548

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 / 形声, OC *ɡreːws): phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw) + semantic 攵 (“to strike; action”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiào (xiao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haau$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): háu
    (Hailu, HRS): hau$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hau$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): hāu
* Eastern Min (BUC): hâu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hāu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hao$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siào
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^4$
*** Yale: syàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haau$^6$
*** Yale: haauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hao$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːu̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: háu
*** Hakka Romanization System: hau$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hau̯³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hau$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hau²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /hau⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hāu
*** Sinological IPA : /xau⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hâu
*** Sinological IPA : /hɑu²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu
*** Tâi-lô: hāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hau³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hau⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hao$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hāu
*** Sinological IPA : /hau¹¹/
* Middle Chinese: haewH
Rime :
| Character | 效 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 胡敎切 |
| Baxter | haewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[k]ˤraw-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 效 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hæw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-[k]ˁraw-s/ |
| English | imitate, follow |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 效 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6329 |
| Phonetic component | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 效 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡreːws/ |

### Definitions

效
* to devote
* result; effect
* effectiveness

### Compounds

* 上行下效 (shàngxíngxiàxiào)
* 不效
* 以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)
* 以觀後效 / 以观后效
* 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
* 倣效 / 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
* 光電效應 / 光电效应 (guāngdiàn xiàoyìng)
* 功效 (gōngxiào)
* 功效如神
* 卓有成效 (zhuóyǒuchéngxiào)
* 反效果 (fǎnxiàoguǒ)
* 報效 / 报效 (bàoxiào)
* 壓電效應 / 压电效应
* 大蒜效應 / 大蒜效应
* 失效 (shīxiào)
* 奏效 (zòuxiào)
* 實效 / 实效 (shíxiào)
* 工效 (gōngxiào)
* 後效 / 后效 (hòuxiào)
* 慕效
* 成效 (chéngxiào)
* 投效 (tóuxiào)
* 收效 (shōuxiào)
* 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
* 效力 (xiàolì)
* 效勞 / 效劳 (xiàoláo)
* 效命 (xiàomìng)
* 效尤 (xiàoyóu)
* 效忠 (xiàozhōng)
* 效應 / 效应 (xiàoyìng)
* 效應器 / 效应器
* 效果 (xiàoguǒ)
* 效果不彰
* 效死 (xiàosǐ)
* 效法 (xiàofǎ)
* 效率 (xiàolǜ)
* 效用 (xiàoyòng)
* 效益 (xiàoyì)
* 效能 (xiàonéng)
* 效誠 / 效诚
* 效顰 / 效颦 (xiàopín)
* 效顰學步 / 效颦学步
* 效驗 / 效验 (xiàoyàn)
* 明效大驗 / 明效大验
* 時效 / 时效 (shíxiào)
* 月暈效應 / 月晕效应
* 有效 (yǒuxiào)
* 有效射程 (yǒuxiào shèchéng)
* 有效數字 / 有效数字 (yǒuxiào shùzì)
* 有效期 (yǒuxiàoqī)
* 有效距離 / 有效距离
* 有效電阻 / 有效电阻
* 東家效顰 / 东家效颦
* 東施效顰 / 东施效颦 (dōngshīxiàopín)
* 模效 (móxiào)
* 機械效率 / 机械效率
* 殊效
* 消滅時效 / 消灭时效
* 溫室效應 / 温室效应 (wēnshì xiàoyìng)
* 無效 / 无效 (wúxiào)
* 熱島效應 / 热岛效应 (rèdǎo xiàoyìng)
* 特效 (tèxiào)
* 特效藥 / 特效药 (tèxiàoyào)
* 特殊效果 (tèshū xiàoguǒ)
* 生效 (shēngxiào)
* 當選無效 / 当选无效
* 療效 / 疗效 (liáoxiào)
* 百治百效
* 直效行銷 / 直效行销
* 砭石無效 / 砭石无效
* 神效 (shénxiào)
* 立功自效
* 立效
* 競相效尤 / 竞相效尤
* 累彰勛效 / 累彰勋效
* 績效 / 绩效 (jìxiào)
* 績效不彰 / 绩效不彰
* 績效斐然 / 绩效斐然
* 群起效尤
* 能源效益
* 臨危效命 / 临危效命
* 藥效 / 药效 (yàoxiào)
* 藥石罔效 / 药石罔效 (yàoshíwǎngxiào)
* 行之有效 (xíngzhīyǒuxiào)
* 行政效率
* 見效 / 见效 (jiànxiào)
* 起而效尤
* 速效肥料
* 週末效應 / 周末效应
* 遲效肥料 / 迟效肥料
* 邊際效用 / 边际效用
* 醜女效顰 / 丑女效颦
* 靈效 / 灵效
* 音效 (yīnxiào)
* 音效卡
* 音響效果 / 音响效果
* 驅蟲效率 / 驱虫效率

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 効 |
| Kyūjitai | 效 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 効)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: きく (kiku, 效く)、ならう (narau, 效う)、いたす (itasu, 效す)

## Korean
### Hanja

效 (eumhun 본받을 효 (bonbadeul hyo))
* hanja form of 효 (“effect”)

#### Compounds

* 효과 (效果, hyogwa, “effect”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

效: Hán Nôm readings: hiệu
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