Chinese Character 耗 Meanings and components.

Form

耗

Meaning

耗 meaning[3] in English

To Waste.

To Spend.

To Consume.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 耗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are plow (耒) , and surname Mao (毛)

Its radical[1] is: 耒 (lei3) which means: Plow, .耒lei3plow

In cangjie it is written with QDHQU

How to write 耗

To write耗hao4to waste you should write a combination of 耒lei3plow , 毛mao2surname Mao arranged in a 吅 shape:

耒 + 毛 = 耗

耗 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 耗 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 耗, looks as follow:

耗
Pinyin:hao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Waste . To Spend . To Consume . To Squander . News . (Coll.) To Delay . To Dilly-Dally
耒
Pinyin:lei3
Meaning[3]: Plow
未
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not Yet . Did Not . Have Not . Not . 8th Earthly Branch: 1-3 P.M., 6th Solar Month (7th July-6th August), Year Of The Sheep . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 210°
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
毛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Surname Mao

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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