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効 means 'effective'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 664   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-5    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 40    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 26 words   Used in 217 words   Used in 9 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   コウ
Kun
   きく to be effective
Additional readings
Kun    ききめ   ならう
Variants
效  
Components
⿰  交 mix; mixed  力 effort  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 効 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 効 is used 207 times, read 2 ways.
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コウ : 196 words FIND ALL
こ う か 1
1. effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result
noun
2. effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)  (see also: 音響効果)
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きく : 11 words FIND ALL
き く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be effective; to show effect  (see also: 薬が効く)
2. to do its work; to carry out its function well  (see also: 目が利く)
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An additional 10 less common words include 効 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 697 (originally: 671)  Joy o' Kanji : 671  Key to Kanji: 314 

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効
コウ   effective   きく to be effective   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
交
コウ   mix; mixed   まぜる to mix, stir   まざる    まじる to be mixed together   まじえる to mix, intersperse   まじわる to intersect   かう to take turns   かわす to exchange   
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六
ロク   むっつ six   むつ    むい    む    
父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
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