Chinese Character 效 Meanings and components.

Form

效

Meaning

效 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 傚|效[Xiao4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 效 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to hand over (交) , and (攵)

Its radical[1] is: 攵 (pu1)

In cangjie it is written with YKOK

How to write 效

To write效xiao4variant of … you should write a combination of 交jiao1to hand … , 攵pu1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

交 + 攵 = 效

效 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 效 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 效, looks as follow:

效
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 傚|效[Xiao4]
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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