Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 效

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiào

Preclassic Old Chinese: grāws

Classic Old Chinese: grāwh

Western Han Chinese: grāwh

Eastern Han Chinese: grāwh

Early Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄̀w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄̀w

Middle Chinese: ɣạ̀w

English meaning : to imitate

Russian meaning[s]: 1) результат, эффект; 2) стараться, отдавать все силы; 3) подражать, копировать; 4) передавать; 5) 19-е число (в телеграммах)

Comments: Also written as 傚 in E.Zhou. A later meaning (derived from 'imitate'?) is 'to give results, be effective'. The word is probably related to 交 *krāw-s 'to compare' (q.v.).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 66

Four-angle index: 6242

Karlgren code: 1166 r-t, v

Vietnamese reading: hiệu

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 950

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 效

MC description : 效開二去效匣

ZIHUI: 2400 1479

Beijing: śiau 3

Jinan: śiɔ 3

Xi'an: śiau 3

Taiyuan: śiau 3

Hankou: śiau 3

Chengdu: śiau 3

Yangzhou: śiɔ 3

Suzhou: iä 32

Wenzhou: ɦuɔ 32

Changsha: śiau 31

Shuangfeng: ɣiǝ 32

Nanchang: hau 31

Meixian: hau 3

Guangzhou: hāu 32

Xiamen: hau 32

Chaozhou: hau 32

Fuzhou: xau 32

Shanghai: iɔ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: xau 3

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