Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to have medicine be effective

    運よく薬が効くとき1時過ぎに寝れるけど、薬を飲まないと4時ぐらいまで眠れない。
    If I'm lucky enough for the medicine to work I can get to sleep after 1am but if I don't take it then I can't sleep until about 4am.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

Kun
くすり
On
ヤク
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
702 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.15The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
85acUnicode hex code
1-44-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4074Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5224New Nelson (John Haig)
2375New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3011Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1736Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2568Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
323Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32188PXMorohashi
398A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
359Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521sakade
247Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
420henshall3
439Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
315Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
672Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1752Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4Pinyin reading
yagKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit

Kun
き.くききめなら.う
On
コウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
538 of 2500
Radical
power
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-6-2SKIP code
2g6.2The Kanji Dictionary
0442.7Four corner code
445deroo
52b9Unicode hex code
1-24-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
722Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
535New Nelson (John Haig)
1265New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1617Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
849Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1164Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1276Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1369Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
515A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
653Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
623Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2334Morohashi
671A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
816Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
835Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
782sakade
370Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
697henshall3
682Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
501Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
216Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1284Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao4Pinyin reading
hyoKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level