報

See also 报

Translingual

Han character

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

1. report, tell, announce
2. [archaic] to avenge; to gain retribution
3. [archaic] to reward

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

報 (simplified 报, Yale bou3)

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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 (そっぽう, soppō) 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)

Noun

報 (hiragana ほう, romaji hō)

1. news, information

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

報 (simplified 报, pinyin bào (bao4), Wade-Giles pao⁴)

Compounds

報應 報紙 報告 報酬

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Vietnamese

Han character

報 (báo)