The kanji 耗: meaning, readings and stroke order

耗

Meaning: wear down, use up
On reading: モウ mou、コウ* kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 耒 plow
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hao mòn, tiêu hao (hao)
Japanese: すりへる。へってなくなる。
Korean: 닳다, 줄어들다 (모)
Chinese: 消耗、损耗

Readings, words and example sentences

モウ mou · on reading · less common

消しょう耗もう
using up, exhaustion
体力を 消しょう耗もうしました。
I used up a lot of my strength.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.