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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau

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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵hau
  - MiniDict: hau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³⁴/

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	/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):

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)
減削／减削 (jiǎnxuè)
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

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

(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

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1726 (paper), page 915 (digital)

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] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1726 (paper), page 915 (digital)

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