效

効
xiào
#551 most
frequent character
variant of 效[xiao4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

效 has 攵, a picture of a hand gripping a staff, as its meaning part. It first meant to teach and lecture. 交 supplies the sound. From teaching came following an example and imitating, then an effect or result.

效 as a component in other characters

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傚

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Same Characters, Different Readings

效xiào
variant of 傚|效[xiao4]
效xiào
to imitate (variant of 效[xiao4])
效xiào
effect, efficacy, to imitate

Homophones

效xiào
effect, efficacy, to imitate
校xiào
(bound form) school, college

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