效 — Chinese character
效
xiào
result, effect; effective
- Pinyin
- xiào
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 交 攵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strike; meaning component 攵; sound component 交
- Japanese
- 效 as a kanji
Common words with 效
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有效 | yǒu xiào | effective; in effect |
| 效果 | xiào guǒ | result; effect |
| 效应 (效應) | xiào yìng | effect (scientific phenomenon) |
| 效率 | xiào lǜ | efficiency |
| 生效 | shēng xiào | (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative |
| 无效 (無效) | wú xiào | not valid; ineffective |
| 效力 | xiào lì | effectiveness; positive effect |
| 效益 | xiào yì | benefit; effectiveness |
| 成效 | chéng xiào | effect; result |
| 高效 | gāo xiào | efficient; highly effective |
| 效能 | xiào néng | efficacy; effectiveness |
| 失效 | shī xiào | to fail; to lose effectiveness |
English words written with 效
效 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 4
- Mencius 1B.13
- Mencius 1B.15
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.