耗 (hào) — to consume, use up, drain away

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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字

耗 character · B2 (est.)

耗＝耒＋毛

ㄏㄠˋ · hào

verb — to consume, use up, drain away

字源 FORM — what the parts do

耒義a plough — field labour, wearing things down

毛聲máo — gives the sounda tuft of hair, of fur

IFTmáo → hào — initial, final and tone all shift

Working the plough (耒) over a field grinds it thin, year on year — things wear away and dwindle. 毛 máo carries the sound, the same piece in 毫 and 髦. From the slow drain: 消耗、耗費、耗時.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

犁（耒）翻過一遍又一遍，田力一年薄過一年——慢慢耗盡了。

The plough (耒) turns the field over season on season; the soil thins year by year — worn slowly down.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)少、損— to diminish, lessen

→消耗、耗費— to consume; to expend常用

⇒耗時、耗電— time-consuming; power-draining

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension