報

See also: 报

報 U+2F857, 報 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F857 ← 堲 [U+2F856] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 墬 → [U+2F858]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠾷, 𬋳, 蕔, 𤺴, 𥴆, 𨷂, 𢵨, 𪨡

Related characters

• 报 (Simplified Chinese and variant form)

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		報
simp.		报

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 報
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 㚔 (“handcuffs”) + 𠬝 (“to subdue”) – to convict; to punish; to declare guilty.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 報

1. ^† to judge
2. to avenge; to take revenge
   • 報仇／报仇  ―  bàochóu  ―  to take revenge
   • 報復／报复  ―  bàofù  ―  to revenge, to retaliate
3. to repay; to requite; to recompense
   • 報酬／报酬  ―  bàochóu  ―  reward
   • 報應／报应  ―  bàoyìng  ―  retribution
   • 惡報／恶报  ―  èbào  ―  retribution
   • 果報／果报  ―  guǒbào  ―  karma
   • 無以為報／无以为报  ―  wúyǐwéibào  ―  to be unable to repay a favor
   • 以怨報德／以怨报德  ―  yǐyuànbàodé  ―  to return evil for good
4. divine retribution; karma; nemesis
5. to announce; to inform; to report; to tell

   • 我要報一宗盜竊案。 [MSC, trad.]
     我要报一宗盗窃案。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ yào bào yī zōng dàoqiè àn. [Pinyin]

     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.

6. report; information
   • 報告／报告  ―  bàogào  ―  report, lecture
7. newspaper (Classifier: 份 m; 張／张 m)
   • 報紙／报纸  ―  bàozhǐ  ―  newspaper
   • 日報／日报  ―  rìbào  ―  daily newspaper
8. bulletin; newsletter; report
9. journal; periodical
10. Short for 電報／电报 (diànbào, “telegram”).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (報):

• → Japanese: 報(ほう) (hō)
• → Korean: 보(報) (bo)
• → Vietnamese: báo (報)

Others:

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Japanese

Kanji

報

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ほ (ho); ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kun: むくいる (mukuiru, 報いる, Jōyō); しらせる (shiraseru, 報せる)

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) (inga ōhō)
• 報知(ほうち) (hōchi)
• 報道(ほうどう) (hōdō)

Derived terms

• お報(しら)せ (oshirase), 御(お)報(しら)せ (oshirase)

Noun

報(ほう) • (hō) 

1. news, information

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Korean

Hanja

報 • (bo, bu) (hangeul 보, 부)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 報 (báo)

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