U+52B9 "効" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
効
U+52B9 "効" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji character primarily used in Japanese and, to a lesser extent, in Chinese and Korean contexts, where it represents meanings related to effect, efficacy, or result, often appearing in compound terms such as "効果" (kōka, meaning effect or effectiveness). Its structure combines the radical for "power" or "effort" (力) with a phonetic component, reflecting its conceptual link to productive outcomes or the exertion of force to achieve a goal. In modern usage, this character is commonly found in fields like medicine, business, and technology to denote efficiency, performance, or the successful achievement of an intended outcome.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+52B9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 効 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 効 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8A 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x52B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000052B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u52b9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 334243 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2760 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2760 |
| kCangjie | YKKS |
| kCantonese | haau6 |
| kCihaiT | 195.106 |
| kCowles | 963 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0331.200 |
| kDefinition | efficacious, effectiveness; to toil, to serve in the army |
| kEACC | 334243 |
| kFanqie | 胡敎 |
| kFenn | 531C |
| kFennIndex | 172.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0442.7 |
| kGSR | 1166v |
| kHangul | 효:N |
| kHanYu | 10370.010 |
| kIICore | AJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0331.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10370.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0147.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | GKX-0147.12 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FAB6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-387A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3837 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-252F |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2760 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D3E |
| kJapanese | コウ キョウ きく いたす ききめ ならう |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | KIKU NARAU ITASU |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 2490 |
| kKangXi | 0147.120 |
| kKarlgren | 357 |
| kKorean | HYO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0509 |
| kMandarin | xiào |
| kMatthews | 2597 |
| kMeyerWempe | 652 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007650 |
| kMorohashi | 02334 |
| kNelson | 0722 |
| kPhonetic | 553 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1966+19.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 19.6 |
| kSBGY | 415.10 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+6548<kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 66.14 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0509 |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJ |
| kVietnamese | hiệu |
| kXerox | 322:277 |
| kXHC1983 | 1271.062:xiào |