I've been playing around with using Kanji as a quick way to convey a company's
goals and/or ideals. As I understand it, **Zen 全** means _"whole/complete"_ ,
**Kō 効** means _"efficiency/result"_ and **Kotae 答え** means
_"answer/solution"_. Does **全効答** have a meaning of "total effectiveness" /
"all right now" or does it simply become gibberish? Is the symbolism retained
in the full statement of "Zen kō Kotae"? Any insight would be appreciated.
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Does this Kanji: 全効答 (Zen kō Kotae) mean "total efficiency" or at least convey it symbolically?
The short answer is "it is gibberish". It's not a Japanese word Japanese
people recognize. It indeed looks like _plefectanswer_ , as snailboat pointed
out in the comment section. See also: [Can kanji compounds be formed
arbitrarily?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17996/5010)

But each kanji is easy and has at least some positive meaning. So if you
separate each kanji with a
[nakaguro](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5851/5010) and write the
phrase like:

> 全・効・答

...then it could be understood as the list of three concepts, like
"Completeness, Effectiveness, and Answer". (I'm not saying it's a nice slogan,
I'm only saying the meaning is at least understandable)
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