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字HANZI DESK

效

Traditional: 俲 · 傚 · 効

xiào

xiào · haau6 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 傚|效[xiao4]
  2. to imitate (variant of 效[xiao4])
  3. variant of 效[xiao4]
  4. effect
  5. efficacy
  6. to imitate

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

效

Meaning
result, effect; effectiveness
Radical
攵
Strokes
10
Components
⿰交攵
Cangjie
YKOK
Four-corner
0844.0

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