漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
報: report, news
Also: reward, retribution
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
幸, 卩 and 又 are drawn in
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 報道ほうどうinformation, report
- 報酬ほうしゅうremuneration, recompense
- 情報じょうほうinformation, news
- 警報けいほうalarm, warning
- 速報そくほうnews flash, quick report
- 天気予報てんきよほうweather forecast
- 報告するほうこくするreport, inform
- 報復するほうふくするretaliate, take revenge
- 通報するつうほうするreport [v.t.]
- 報じるほうじるinform, report
むくいるmukuiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 報うむくうreward, recompense [v.i., v.t.]
- 報いるむくいるreward, recompense [v.i., v.t.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)㚔 handcuffs + 𠬝 to subdue
To convict; to punish; to declare guilty.
Source: Wiktionary, 報 (rev. 92200223), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
幸
Also built on happiness (幸)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side報 report · 卩 + 又
vs倖 happiness · 亻In ChineseSimplified 报 · traditional, as in Japanese · bào
Japan keeps the traditional form 報; mainland China simplifies it to 报.
- Simplified
- 报 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 報 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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