報

See also: 报

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : a hand 又 holding a person 卩 kneeling down with handcuffs 幸, a criminal waiting for his sentence. The original meaning was 'convict', 'declare guilty'.

References

• "報" (in Mandarin), 字源. URL accessed on 2014-02-24.

Han character

報 (radical 32 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土十尸中水 (GJSLE), four-corner 4744₇, composition ⿰幸𠬝)

1. report, tell, announce
2. to avenge; to gain retribution
3. to reward
4. newspaper

References

• KangXi: page 234, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5275
• Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 466, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5831

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Chinese

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trad.		報
simp.		报

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³
    • Yale: bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (報, reconstructed)
Character (報), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 博耗切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɑuH/	/pɑuH/	/pɑuH/	/pɑuH/	/pawH/	/pɑuH/	/pɑuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (報, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
報								bào								‹ pawH ›								/*pˤuk-s/								repay
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
報					329					報					奧					1					報					/*puːɡs/

Definitions

報

1. to avenge; to take revenge, revenge
   • 報仇／报仇 ("to take revenge")
   • 報復／报复 ("to revenge,to retaliate")
2. to repay, to requite, recompense, retribution
   • 報酬／报酬 ("reward")
   • 報應／报应 ("retribution")
   • 惡報／恶报 ("retribution")
   • 果報／果报 ("karma")
   • 無以為報／无以为报 ("to be unable to repay a favor")
   • 以怨報德／以怨报德 ("to return evil for good")

Verb

報

1. to announce, to inform, to report
   • 我要報一宗盜竊案 / 我要报一宗盗窃案  ―  wǒ yào bào yī zōng dàoqiè àn  ―  I want to report a theft.

   • 這個公司報虧損之后，價格就下滑。 [MSC, trad.]

     这个公司报亏损之后，价格就下滑。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè ge gōngsī bào kuīsǔn zhīhòu, jiàgé jiù xiàhuá. [Pinyin]

     The price went down after the company reported a loss.

Noun

報 (classifier 份,張／张)

1. report
   • 報告／报告 ("report, lecture")
2. newspaper, journal , periodical
   • 報紙／报纸 ("newspaper")
   • 日報／日报 ("daily newspaper")

Compounds

Derived terms

報應／报应 報紙／报纸 報告／报告 報酬／报酬

References

• "報" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-26.

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Japanese

Kanji

報

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: しらせる (shiraseru), むくいる (mukuiru)

Compounds

報告 (ほうこく, hōkoku) 情報 (じょうほう, jōhō) 報酬 (ほうしゅう, hōshū) 報償 (ほうしょう, hōshō) 官報 (かんぽう, kanpō) 応報 (おうほう, ōhō)

悪報 (あくほう, akuhō) 吉報 (きっぽう, kippō) 続報 (ぞくほう, zokuhō) 速報 (そくほう, sokuhō) 凶報 (きょうほう, kyōhō) 確報 (かくほう, kakuhō)

飛報 (ひほう, hihō) 報奨 (ほうしょう, hōshō) 悲報 (ひほう, hihō) 因果応報 (いんがおうほう, ingaōhō) 報知 (ほうち, hōchi) 報道 (ほうどう, hōdō)

Derived terms

• お報せ, 御報せ (おしらせ, oshirase)

Noun

報 (hiragana ほう, romaji hō)

1. news, information

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Korean

Hanja

報 (bo, bu) (hangeul 보, 부, revised bo, bu, McCune-Reischauer po, pu, Yale po, pwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

報 (báo)

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