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					Grade 5 -                効 
 Kanji character Grade 5 効. Writing practice along 
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			| merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit Kun: き.く、 ききめ、 なら.う
 On: コウ
 8 strokes
 Radical: power, force 力
 Parts: 亠 力 父
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 効 【コウ】 efficacy, benefit, efficiency, effect, result, success 効果 【コウカ】 effect, effectiveness, efficacy, result, effects (e.g. 
			sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
 実効 【ジッコウ】 practical effect, efficacy, efficiency
 時効 【ジコウ】 statute of limitations, lapse of rights after a period of 
			time, prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive 
			prescription), becoming invalid or void after a set time, ageing, 
			aging
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 効く 【きく】 to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for), to work, 
			to function well, to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to, 
			to taste (alcohol), to try 効き目 【ききめ】 effect, virtue, efficacy, impression, one's dominant eye
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