JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 耗: "decrease"
The kanji 耗 means "decrease". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read モウ, コウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
モウコウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | decrease |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | outside the 2,501 most frequent |
Common words with 耗
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 消耗exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation
- 消耗品consumable goods
- 摩耗wear; abrasion
- 損耗wear; loss
- 消耗戦war of attrition
- 心神耗弱diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
- 減耗natural decrease
- 衰耗weaken and decline
- 心神耗弱者person of diminished capacity (e.g. drugs, alcohol, mental retardation, etc.)
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