報

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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

• Unihan data for U+2F857

Chinese

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.

Pronunciation

Definitions

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.

   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.

   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”).

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → Lao: ປ່າວ (pāo, “announce”)
• → Thai: ป่าว (bpàao, “announce”)
• → Vietnamese: bảo
• → Zhuang: bau

References

• “報”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #8275”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. news, report
2. retribution

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); むくう (mukuu, 報う); しらせる (shiraseru, 報せる)

Compounds

Derived terms

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

Noun

報(ほう) • (hō) 

1. news, information

Korean

Hanja

報 (eumhun 알릴 보 (allil bo))
報 (eumhun 갚을 보 (gapeul bo))

1. Hanja form^? of 보 (“to announce; to inform; to report; to tell”).
2. Hanja form^? of 보 (“to repay; to requite; to recompense”).

Compounds

• 보고 (報告, bogo, “report”)
• 보도 (報道, bodo, “news report”)
• 보답 (報答, bodap, “repaying (someone's favour, kindness, etc.)”)

Vietnamese

Han character

報: Hán Nôm readings: báo

1. to requite, to return
2. to announce, to report
3. newspaper

Compounds

• báo ứng (報應, “karma, retribution”)
• báo cáo (報告, “to report”)
• báo chí (報誌, “newspapers”)

References