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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
效 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜大人大 (YKOK), four-corner 08440, composition ⿰交攵)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 470, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13186
- Dae Jaweon: page 820, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1457, character 11
- Unihan data for U+6548
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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烄
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*keːws, *kreːwʔ
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礮
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*pʰreːws
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交
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*kreːw
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郊
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*kreːw
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茭
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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蛟
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*kreːw
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鮫
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*kreːw
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鵁
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*kreːw
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咬
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*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
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鉸
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
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佼
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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詨
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*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
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絞
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*kreːwʔ
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狡
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*kreːwʔ
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姣
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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筊
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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校
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*kreːws, *ɡreːws
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珓
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*kreːws
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跤
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*kʰreːw
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頝
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*kʰreːw
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骹
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*kʰraːw
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齩
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*ŋɡreːwʔ
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洨
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*ɡreːw
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胶
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*ɡreːw
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效
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*ɡreːws
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効
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*ɡreːws
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傚
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*ɡreːws
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皎
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*keːwʔ
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恔
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*keːwʔ
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晈
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*keːwʔ
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窔
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*qeːws
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駮
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*pqreːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡreːws) : phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw) + semantic 攵 (“to strike; action”)
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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效
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiào
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hæwH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-ˁraw-s/
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English
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imitate, follow
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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效
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6329
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Phonetic component
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交
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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效
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡreːws/
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Definitions
效
- to devote
- result; effect
- effectiveness
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
效
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 効)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
效 (eumhun 본받을 효 (bonbadeul hyo))
- hanja form? of 효 (“effect”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
效: Hán Nôm readings: hiệu
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