Onyomi: ホウ · Kunyomi: むく.いる · Meanings: news, report, retribution, reward
Kanji for news, report, retribution, reward
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報 is formed from the radical 言, meaning “speech” or “words,” on the left, and the character 寶 (treasure) on the right. 言 relates to communication, while 寶 originally carried the sense of something valuable. Together, they express the idea of conveying important or valuable information. From this idea, 報 came to mean to report, inform, or give news.
報 shows communicating important information, meaning to report or inform.
報 is used when giving news or important information to someone. It refers to reporting, informing, or delivering a message. Remember 報 as meaning “to report” or “to inform.”
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 報 | ほう | information, news, report | common Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 報道 | ほうどう | report (of news), reporting, news, information, (media) coverage | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 報酬 | ほうしゅう | remuneration, recompense, reward, toll | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 知らせる | しらせる | to notify, to advise, to inform | common JLPT-N4 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 報告 | ほうこく | report, information | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 知らせ | しらせ | news, word, tidings, notice, notification, information | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 報じる | ほうじる | to report, to inform | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 報復 | ほうふく | retaliation, revenge, reprisal, retribution | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 報道機関 | ほうどうきかん | information media, press, news organs | common Noun |
| 答え | こたえ | answer, reply, response | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N1 Noun |