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.).
Radical: 66
Four-angle index: 6242
Karlgren code: 1166 r-t, v
Vietnamese reading: hiệu
