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Kanji Grade 5 - 効

Kanji character Grade 5 効. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 効
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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
 
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
 
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