効 — merit, efficacy, efficiency

きく効 merit

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+52B9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #538 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1369 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

merit
efficacy
efficiency
benefit

word

き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

効(き) く kiku to be effective

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

効(こう) 果(か) kouka effect 有(ゆう) 効(こう) yuukou effective 効(こう) 率(りつ) kouritsu efficiency 無(む) 効(こう) mukou invalid 実(じっ) 効(こう) jikkou practical effect 効(こう) 用(よう) kouyou utility 効(こう) 力(りょく) kouryoku effectiveness 時(じ) 効(こう) jikou statute of limitations

Appears in idioms

波及効果四字熟語

waves, reach out, merit, fruit

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

まじわる交 interchange

ちから力 power #19

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#19 力 power