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Chinese symbol for “effect”

效应
xiào yìng
Traditional: 效應
effect (scientific phenomenon)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for effect is 效应 (xiào yìng), defined as: effect (scientific phenomenon).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

效 xiào
result, effect; effective
radical 66 ⽁ · 10 strokes
应 yìng
should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “effect”

WordPinyinMeaning
成效chéng xiàoeffect; result
效xiàoeffect; efficacy
影响 (影響)yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect
效果xiào guǒresult; effect
效验 (效驗)xiào yàn(desired) effect; (expected) result

Related words

Other words that share a character with 效应.

WordPinyinMeaning
有效yǒu xiàoeffective; in effect
效果xiào guǒresult; effect
效率xiào lǜefficiency
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 xiàonot valid; ineffective
应该 (應該)yīng gāiought to; should; must
应用 (應用)yìng yòngto put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)
反应 (反應)fǎn yìngto react; to respond

See also: Japanese symbol for “effect”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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