効
effect; merit; efficacy; efficiency; benefit
8 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 538.
Readings
- コウ (on reading): 効果 (こうか) effect; 有効 (ゆうこう) valid
- きく (kun reading): 効く (きく) to be effective; 効き (きき) effectiveness
- ききめ (kun reading): 効き目 (ききめ) effect
- ならう (kun reading)
Components
Words using 効
- 効果 (こうか) effect
- 有効 (ゆうこう) valid
- 効率 (こうりつ) efficiency
- 効果的 (こうかてき) effective
- 無効 (むこう) invalid
- 効く (きく) to be effective
- 効き (きき) effectiveness
- 割引が効く (わりびきがきく) to be able to get a (type of) discount
- 薬が効く (くすりがきく) to have medicine be effective
- メリハリの効いた (めりはりのきいた) well-modulated (voice)
- 効き目 (ききめ) effect
258 words in all.