hào

to waste

to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally

plow (耒) + fur (毛) = to wear down and consume

耒 is the ancient plow radical, evoking the exhausting labor of working the soil — something that steadily drains energy and resources. 毛 mainly contributes the hào sound rather than a semantic layer.

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FurPhonetic
A wooden plowSemantic

开空调太久会很多电。

kāi kōngtiáo tài jiǔ huì hào hěn duō diàn。

Running the air conditioner too long will consume a lot of electricity.

他不想在这件事上太多时间和精力。

tā bù xiǎng zài zhè jiàn shì shang hào tài duō shíjiān hé jīnglì。

He does not want to spend too much time and energy on this matter.

Words with 耗

耗力

hào lì

to require much effort

音耗

yīn hào

message

低耗

dī hào

low consumption (energy, fuel etc)

伤耗

shāng hào

damage (e.g. to goods in transit)

内耗

nèi hào

internal friction

功耗

gōng hào

electric consumption

噩耗

è hào

news of sb's death; sad news

回耗

huí hào

to write back

折耗

shé hào

loss of goods

损耗

sǔn hào

wear and tear

损耗品

sǔn hào pǐn

consumables

油耗

yóu hào

fuel consumption

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