耗

See also: 秏

耗	U+8017, 耗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8017

← 耖
[U+8016]

CJK Unified Ideographs

耘 →
[U+8018]

Translingual

Han character

耗 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手木竹手山 (QDHQU), four-corner 5291₄, composition ⿰耒毛)

References

KangXi: page 963, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28909

Dae Jaweon: page 1411, character 3

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2771, character 3

Unihan data for U+8017

Chinese

trad.		耗
simp. ^#		耗
alternative forms		㘪秏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
毛	maːw, maːws
髦	*maːw
旄	maːw, maːws
芼	maːw, maːws
氂	rɯ, maːw
枆	*maːw
酕	*maːw
牦	*maːw
耄	*maːws
覒	*maːws
眊	maːws, mraːwɢ
耗	*hmaːws
秏	hmaːws, hmɯːbs
毣	mraːwɢ, moːwɢ

Originally written as 秏.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ
(Chengdu, SP): hao⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hô / mô
Min Dong (BUC): hó̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ / hàu
(Teochew, Peng'im): ho³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hào
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hào
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴
  - Yale: hàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
  - Palladius: хао (xao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xau²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou³
  - Yale: hou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hô
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hô / mô
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho´ / mo´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho¹ / mo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴/, /mo²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hó̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ / hàu
  - Tâi-lô: hònn / hàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvox, haux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²¹/, /hau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹/, /hau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃²¹/, /hau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹/, /hau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹/, /hau²¹/

Note:

hòⁿ - literary;
hàu - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho²¹³/

Middle Chinese: /hɑu^H/

Rime
Character	耗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haw^H/
Li Rong	/xɑu^H/
Wang Li	/xɑu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hmaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耗
Reading #	1/1
No.	8794
Phonetic component	毛
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	秏
Old Chinese	/*hmaːws/
Notes	秏注俗體

Definitions

耗

to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise
to weaken; to cripple
to consume; to use up
(literary, or in compounds) news (chiefly bad news)
(regional) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

Synonyms

(to reduce):

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Synonyms of 耗

削 (xiāo) (literary, or in compounds)
撤 (chè)
砍 (kǎn)
裁 (cái)
裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
降低 (jiàngdī)
削減／削减 (xuējiǎn)

壓縮／压缩 (yāsuō)
損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
收縮／收缩 (shōusuō)
消減／消减 (xiāojiǎn)
減低／减低 (jiǎndī)
減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)

減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
減輕／减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
緊縮／紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
縮減／缩减 (suōjiǎn)
裁減／裁减 (cáijiǎn)
鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)

(to weaken):

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削 (xiāo) (literary, or in compounds)
削弱 (xuēruò)

淡化 (dànhuà)
減弱／减弱 (jiǎnruò)

減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)

(news):

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信 (xìn) (literary, or in compounds)
信息 (xìnxī)

消息 (xiāoxi)
情報／情报 (qíngbào) (especially in the military or espionage)

線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
資訊／资讯 (zīxùn)

(to delay):

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Synonyms of 耗

延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
延延 (Min Nan)
延期 (yánqī)
拖 (tuō)
拖宕 (tuōdàng)
拖延 (tuōyán)
拖拉 (tuōlā)
拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
挨延 (Min Nan)
挨稽 (Min Nan)

捱延 (Min Nan)
捱稽 (Min Nan)
推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
推延 (tuīyán)
稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
耽延 (dānyán)
展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
延後／延后 (yánhòu)
延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
延誤／延误 (yánwù)
延遲／延迟 (yánchí)

挨臺／挨台 (Sichuan)
推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
緩／缓 (huǎn)
耽擱／耽搁 (dānge)
耽誤／耽误 (dānwu)
貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

Antonyms

(to delay):

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提前 (tíqián)

提早 (tízǎo)

進前 (Min Nan)

Compounds

作耗
噩耗 (èhào)
息耗
折耗
消耗 (xiāohào)
消耗品 (xiāohàopǐn)
火耗
狗拿耗子
狗追耗子
生事作耗
登耗
的耗
破耗
磨耗 (móhào)
磨耗症
耍耗子
耗子 (hàozi, “mouse, rat”)

耗散
耗爆
耗用 (hàoyòng)
耗竭 (hàojié)
耗能
耗著
耗音
耗鬼
能耗 (nénghào)
雀鼠耗
音耗 (yīnhào)
凶耗
乾耗／干耗
傷耗／伤耗 (shānghào)
惡耗／恶耗 (èhào)
損耗／损耗 (sǔnhào)
有形損耗／有形损耗

歲朘月耗／岁朘月耗
消耗戰／消耗战 (xiāohàozhàn)
耗損／耗损 (hàosǔn)
耗斁／耗𭣧
耗時／耗时 (hàoshí)
耗盡／耗尽 (hàojìn)
耗羨／耗羡
耗費／耗费 (hàofèi)
耗資／耗资 (hàozī)
虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
虧耗／亏耗
豐耗／丰耗
貓哭耗子／猫哭耗子
銷耗／销耗
音耗不絕／音耗不绝
鬧耗子／闹耗子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máo (mao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máo
  - Wade–Giles: mao²
  - Yale: máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
  - Palladius: мао (mao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

耗

all used up; nothing left

Etymology 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mào
  - Wade–Giles: mao⁴
  - Yale: màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
  - Palladius: мао (mao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

耗

dizzy; unconscious

Japanese

Shinjitai	耗
Kyūjitai [1]	耗󠄁 耗+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	耗󠄃 耗+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

耗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

decrease
decline
wear down

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō ^†)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō ^†)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: もう (mō, Jōyō)
Kun: へる (heru, 耗る)

References

1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1726 (paper), page 915 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

Korean

Hanja

耗 (eumhun 줄 모 (jul mo))

Hanja form^? of 모 (“decrease”).

Compounds

소모 (消耗, somo, “dissipation, exhaustion”)
마모 (磨耗, mamo, “abrasion, attrition (wearing by friction)”)
소모전 (消耗戰, somojeon, “war of quick decision; war of attrition”)

Vietnamese

Han character

耗: Hán Nôm readings: háo, hao, gao, hau

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[1] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1726 (paper), page 915 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)