耗 — Chinese character
耗
hào
to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste
- Pinyin
- hào
- Radical
- 127 ⽾ (Plow)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 耒 毛
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plow; meaning component 耒; sound component 毛
- Japanese
- 耗 as a kanji
Common words with 耗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend |
| 耗费 (耗費) | hào fèi | to waste; to spend |
| 耗尽 (耗盡) | hào jìn | to exhaust; to use up |
| 耗资 (耗資) | hào zī | to spend; expenditure |
| 损耗 (損耗) | sǔn hào | loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc) |
| 耗时 (耗時) | hào shí | time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time) |
| 噩耗 | è hào | news of sb's death; sad news |
| 能耗 | néng hào | energy consumption |
| 消耗量 | xiāo hào liàng | rate of consumption |
| 耗子 | hào zi | (dialect) mouse; rat |
| 耗电 (耗電) | hào diàn | to consume electricity; power consumption |
| 功耗 | gōng hào | electric consumption; power wastage |
English words written with 耗
耗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.