效 xiào effect; efficacy; to imitate

Made up of [交 jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to turn over , 攵 suī rap radical 66]
Made with 10 strokes.

Jiao - the left part provides the rough phonetic, the 'rap' part suggests an action

Related characters


Also uses 交 jiāo component: 较 jiào (comparatively) 饺 jiǎo (dumpling) ; 郊 jiāo (suburbs) ; 胶 jiāo (to glue) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 咬 yǎo (to bite)
Also uses 攵 suī component: 放 fàng (let go) 故 gù (happening) ; 徽 huī (emblem) ; 教 jiào (religion) ; 教 jiāo (to teach) ; 散 sàn (to scatter) ; 攸 yōu (distant) ; 致 zhì (to send)

Sounds same

笑 xiào (smile) ; 孝 xiào (filial piety or obedience) ; 校 xiào (school)

Different tone

小 xiǎo (small)

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Proverbs

东施效颦 dōng shī xiaò pín The story is of Dong Shi, an ugly person imitating the posture of famous beautiful woman Xi Shi ➚ by knitting his eyebrows