Kanji1 / 8
効 kanji
merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
コウ
Kun readings
きくききめならう
Variant forms
效Words with 効
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —効率向上improvement in efficiency
- —主治効能chief effect (of a medicine)
- —乗数効果multiplier effect
- —相乗効果synergy
- —有効期限term of validity; expiration date (of medicine, credit card, etc.)
- —有効作用effective action
- —有効数字significant figures; significant digits
- —宣伝効果impact of publicity or propaganda
- —舞台効果stage effects
- —音響効果sound effects; acoustics
- —広告効果effectiveness of advertising
- —有効需要effective demand
- —温室効果greenhouse effect
- —限界効用marginal utility
- —効があるto be beneficial to; to be efficacious
- —圧縮効率compression efficiency
- —治療効果(medicine with) a curative effect; (having) therapeutic value
- —特殊効果special effects
- —無効投票spoilt (invalid) vote
- —有効期間term of validity; period for which something is valid (e.g. ticket)