效 xiào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 交 to connect 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
效果
xiàoguǒ
effect; result
Characters in this word
果 guǒ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 效果很好。 Xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo. The effect is very good.
- 这个效果不错。 Zhège xiàoguǒ búcuò. This effect is pretty good.
- 药的效果很快。 Yào de xiàoguǒ hěn kuài. The medicine works quickly.