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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
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
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Old Chinese
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毛
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*maːw, *maːws
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髦
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*maːw
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旄
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*maːw, *maːws
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芼
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*maːw, *maːws
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氂
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*rɯ, *maːw
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枆
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*maːw
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酕
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*maːw
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牦
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*maːw
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耄
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*maːws
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覒
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*maːws
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眊
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*maːws, *mraːwɢ
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耗
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*hmaːws
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秏
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*hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
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毣
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*mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ
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Originally written as 秏.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- hòⁿ - literary;
- hàu - vernacular.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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耗
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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8794
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Phonetic component
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毛
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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秏
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Old Chinese
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/*hmaːws/
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Notes
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秏注俗體
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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
- 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)
- 削 (literary, or in compounds)
- 削弱 (xuēruò)
- 淡化 (dànhuà)
- 減弱/减弱 (jiǎnruò)
- 減損/减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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”):
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
耗
- all used up; nothing left
Etymology 3
Definitions
耗
- dizzy; unconscious
Japanese
Shinjitai
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耗
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Kyūjitai [1]
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耗󠄁 耗+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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耗󠄃 耗+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
耗
(Jōyō kanji)
- decrease
- decline
- wear down
Readings
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
Vietnamese
Han character
耗: Hán Nôm readings: háo, hao, gao, hau
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