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)

Derived characters

• 𪡱, 𣉶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hô / mô
• Eastern Min (BUC): hó̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ / hàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵hau

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• 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵hau
    • MiniDict: hau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xawH

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
Baxter	xawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hawH/
Li Rong	/xɑuH/
Wang Li	/xɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑuH/
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

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

Synonyms

• (to reduce):

• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削減／削减 (xuējiǎn)
• 壓縮／压缩 (yāsuō)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撤 (chè)
• 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)
• 省卻／省却 (shěngquè)
• 砍 (kǎn)
• 緊縮／紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
• 縮減／缩减 (suōjiǎn)
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
• 裁減／裁减 (cáijiǎn)
• 鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
• 降低 (jiàngdī)

 

• (to weaken):

• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削弱 (xuēruò)
• 淡化 (dànhuà)
• 減弱／减弱 (jiǎnruò)
• 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)

 

• (news):

• 信 (literary, or in compounds)
• 信息 (xìnxī) (chiefly Mainland China)
• 情報／情报 (qíngbào) (especially in the military or espionage)
• 消息
• 線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
• 資訊／资讯 (zīxùn) (chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong)

 

• (to delay):

• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to delay"):

• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)

 

Compounds

• 乾耗／干耗
• 作耗
• 傷耗／伤耗 (shānghào)
• 凶耗
• 噩耗 (èhào)
• 息耗
• 惡耗／恶耗 (èhào)
• 折耗
• 損耗／损耗 (sǔnhào)
• 有形損耗／有形损耗
• 歲朘月耗／岁朘月耗
• 消耗 (xiāohào)
• 消耗品 (xiāohàopǐn)
• 消耗戰／消耗战 (xiāohàozhàn)
• 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”)
• 耗損／耗损 (hàosǔn)
• 耗散
• 耗斁／耗𭣧
• 耗時／耗时 (hàoshí)
• 耗爆
• 耗用 (hàoyòng)
• 耗盡／耗尽 (hàojìn)
• 耗竭 (hàojié)
• 耗羨／耗羡
• 耗能
• 耗著
• 耗費／耗费 (hàofèi)
• 耗資／耗资 (hàozī)
• 耗音
• 耗鬼
• 能耗 (nénghào)
• 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 (xiāohào)
• 雀鼠耗
• 音耗 (yīnhào)
• 音耗不絕／音耗不绝
• 鬧耗子／闹耗子

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

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• 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

1. all used up; nothing left

Etymology 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ

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• 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

1. dizzy; unconscious

Japanese

Shinjitai	耗
Kyūjitai	耗󠄁 耗+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	耗󠄃 耗+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

耗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. decrease
2. decline
3. 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)

Korean

Hanja

耗 (eumhun 줄 모 (jul mo))

1. 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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