コウ, き.く, ききめ, なら.う
merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit

This kanji has 8 strokes: 2 in the "strong" radical (ちから) and 6 other strokes.

Sample compounds (11) :


  1. こうか
    effect, effectiveness, efficacy, result

  2. たっこう
    great efficiency

  3. じっこう
    efficacy, efficiency

  4. むこう
    invalid, no effect, unavailable

  5. こうよう
    use, utility, effect, benefit

  6. はっこう
    coming into effect

  7. ききめ
    effect, virtue, efficacy, impression

  8. ゆうこう
    (an) validity, availability, effectiveness

  9. そっこう
    immediate effect

  10. でんこう
    electronic?

  11. こうけん
    efficacy, effect
Kanji Character : 効
Kuten Encoding : 2490
SJIS Encoding : 387a
Unicode Encoding : 52b9
Old Nelson Index : 722
Radical Number : 19
Frequency Ranking : 669
Gakken Index : 515
Grade Level : 5
Halpern Index : 1265
Heisig Index : 1276
Henshall Index : 671
New Nelson Index : 535
O'Neil Index : 653
Stroke Count : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2g6.2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : g
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 816
SKIP Code : 1-6-2
De Roo Code : 445
Four Corner Code : 0442.7
Korean reading : hyo
Pinyin reading : xiao4
Morohashi Index String : 2334
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0381
Morohashi Index Number : 2334
Morohashi Page : 381
Morohashi Volume : 2
Cross Index Codes
  1. J05A43
Dictionary Codes
  1. R445
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