効

Information about character(s)

Radical: 力
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 效

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiào
Cantonese: haau6
JapaneseKun: KIKU NARAU ITASU
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: HYO
Vietnamese: hiệu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: efficacious, effectiveness; to toil, to serve in the army

CE-Dict: Japanese variant of 效

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【力字部】効
【唐韻】胡敎切【集韻】後敎切【韻會】後學切【正韻】胡孝切，𠀤音校。【玉篇】俗效字。【集韻】象也，功也。【韻會】效驗也。【前漢·蘇武傳】殺身自効。【正韻】古惟从攵，無从力者。後人傳寫，承訛旣久，相承用之。
考證：〔【正韻】古惟从文，無从力者。〕　謹照原文从文改从攵