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耗: decrease

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

耒 carries the meaning · 毛 gives the sound

10 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

モウmou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 消耗しょうもうexhaustion; consumption; using up
  • 消耗品しょうもうひんconsumable goods
  • 摩耗まもうwear; abrasion

コウkou · on'yomi

  • 心神耗弱しんしんこうじゃくdiminished capacity

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Originally written as 秏.

Source: Wiktionary, 耗 (rev. 92390679), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Plow (耒) + hair/tiny (毛). Originally referred to the "hair-thin" fragments worn away from a "plow" through constant use—the act of consuming or wasting resources over time.”
From the 耒 plow story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
耒

Also built on plow (耒)

All 1
毛

Also built on hair (毛)

All 2

耗 takes the 毛 family's reading, モウ (mou).

Also read モウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
耗 decrease · 毛
vs耕 till · 井
耗 has 毛 where 耕 has 井.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hào

Same form: 耗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
耗 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
耗 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hào most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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