耗
wear down; decrease
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school.
Readings
- モウ (on reading): 消耗 (しょうもう) exhaustion; 消耗品 (しょうもうひん) consumable goods
- コウ (on reading): 心神耗弱 (しんしんこうじゃく) diminished capacity; 心神耗弱者 (しんしんこうじゃくしゃ) person of diminished capacity (e.g. drugs, alcohol, mental retardation, etc.)
Components
- 耒
- 毛
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 士 radical scholar; samurai
- 木 radical tree
- 毛 radical fur
- 耒 radical plow
Words using 耗
- 消耗 (しょうもう) exhaustion
- 消耗品 (しょうもうひん) consumable goods
- 摩耗 (まもう) wear
- 損耗 (そんもう) wear
- 消耗戦 (しょうもうせん) war of attrition
- 心神耗弱 (しんしんこうじゃく) diminished capacity
- 心神耗弱者 (しんしんこうじゃくしゃ) person of diminished capacity (e.g. drugs, alcohol, mental retardation, etc.)
18 words in all.