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Chinese symbol for “result”

效果
xiào guǒ
result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects

The closest CC-CEDICT match for result is 效果 (xiào guǒ), defined as: result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects.

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
果 guǒ
fruit, nut; result
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “result”

WordPinyinMeaning
成果chéng guǒresult; achievement
结果 (結果)jié guǒoutcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result
分晓 (分曉)fēn xiǎothe result (becomes apparent); now one understands
究竟jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter; after all
果guǒfruit; result

Related words

Other words that share a character with 效果.

WordPinyinMeaning
有效yǒu xiàoeffective; in effect
效应 (效應)xiào yìngeffect (scientific phenomenon)
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
如果rú guǒif; in case; in the event that
结果 (結果)jiē guǒto bear fruit
苹果 (蘋果)píng guǒapple; 个 (gè),颗 (kē)

See also: Japanese symbol for “result”.

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.