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Kanji Detail for 報 - "report, reward, news"

報

  • Meaning

    報 means "report, reward, news."

    1. Report - To inform; to notify.

    2. Reward - To repay; to reciprocate.

    3. News - Information; tidings.

    4. Repay - To return for good or ill.

  • Words using 報

    • 報告 ほうこく Listen report; information
    • 報道 ほうどう Listen report (of news); reporting; news
    • 情報 じょうほう Listen information; news; report
    • 報告書 ほうこくしょ Listen (written) report
    • 広報 こうほう Listen public relations; PR; publicity
    • 報酬 ほうしゅう Listen remuneration; recompense; reward
    • 報道陣 ほうどうじん Listen press corps
    • 日報 にっぽう Listen daily report

  • Four-character idioms with 報

    • 一死報国 いっしほうこく Listen dying for one's country
    • 七生報国 しちしょうほうこく Listen unfailing devotion to one's country
    • 因果応報 いんがおうほう Listen retribution; retributive justice; karma
    • 報恩謝徳 ほうおんしゃとく Listen repaying kindness with gratitude
    • 尽忠報国 じんちゅうほうこく Listen loyalty and patriotism
    • 杓子果報 しゃくしかほう Listen coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune

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    • Verified meaning: report, reward, news
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みつぎ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 報

    Given names 報(みつぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    report; news; reward; retribution

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    report, tell, announce

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; newspaper; periodical; journal; bulletin; telegram

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To repay; to reciprocate. Such as 報酬 (reward), 報答 (repay). | To inform. Hence newspapers are called 報紙. Telegrams are called 電報.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hoh(ホウ) ホウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    muku.iru(むく-いる) むく-いる

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    report reward news repay notification announcement bulletin communication compensation inform notify payment reciprocate recognition remuneration return

Sentences including 報

  • The report was sent within the same day.

  • The report goes that the president left london yesterday.

  • According to the weather report , it will snow tonight.

  • Can the report be true?

  • He reported his accident to the police.

  • He put this information to good use.

  • His report does not sound true.

  • Have you sent in your report?

  • The weather forecast says that it's going to snow this evening.

  • The weather forecast say it's going to rain tomorrow.

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