# 耗

| 耗 | U+8017, &#32791; 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 5291$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (hao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hao$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hô / mô
* Jin (Wiktionary): hau$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hó̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ / hàu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ho$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$hau
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): hau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hào
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hào
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^4$
*** Yale: hàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
*** Palladius: хао (xao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xao
*** Sinological IPA : /xau²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^3$
*** Yale: hou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hô
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hô / mô
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˊ$ / mo$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^1$ / mo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴/, /mo²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xau⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hó̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* hòⁿ - literary;
* hàu - vernacular.
* 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$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xɑu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hou$^3$ |
* 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)
* 減縮／减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
* 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 (ngai$^2$ tai$^2$) (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)
* 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
* 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
* 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
* 遲誤／迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
* 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 (mao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$
*** Yale: máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

耗
* all used up; nothing left

### Etymology 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mào (mao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mào
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mào
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^4$
*** Yale: màu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

耗
* dizzy; unconscious

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 耗 |
| Kyūjitai | 耗󠄁 耗+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 耗󠄃 耗+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* decrease
* decline
* wear down

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō $^†$)
* 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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