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Kanji Detail for 耗 - "consume, decrease"
耗
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Meaning
耗 means "consume, decrease." Also associated with exhaust.
Consume - To use up; to expend.
Decrease - To reduce; to diminish.
Exhaust - To deplete; to wear out.
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Words using 耗
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消耗
しょうもう
exhaustion; consumption; using up
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消耗品
しょうもうひん
consumable goods
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消耗
しょうもう
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Four-character idioms with 耗
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心神耗弱
しんしんこうじゃく
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility
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心神耗弱
しんしんこうじゃく
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Tattoo check: 耗
- Verified meaning: consume, decrease
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: exhaust
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
decrease
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
consume, use up; waste, squander
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To decrease. 消耗 means to have losses. Such as 耗米 (rice lost in processing), 米耗 (rice wastage). | News. From the term 消耗, it came to mean news. Such as 音耗 (tidings), 噩耗 (sad news of death).
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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