Kanji 報: report, news, reward, retribution

Key takeaways

Kanji 報: report, news, reward, retribution. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

報

Meaning

reportnewsrewardretribution

On reading

ホウ

Kun reading

むく.いる

Radical

土

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 報

report, news, reward, retribution

Kanji structure breakdown

報

Structure breakdown

幸 + 卩 + 又

Mnemonic story

Imagine a kneeling person (卩) who was lucky (幸) enough to be saved, reaching out their hand (又) to report the news or offer a reward. This character represents both reporting information and giving a reward or retribution.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ホウ

報酬ほうしゅう
payment / reward for work
報じるほうじる
to report / to inform
報ずるほうずる
to inform / to report
報道ほうどう
news / report / coverage
情報じょうほう
information / data / intelligence
報告ほうこく
report / information / notification
予報よほう
forecast / prediction
天気予報てんきよほう
weather forecast

Commonly used words

報酬
ほうしゅう
payment / reward for work
報じる
ほうじる
to report / to inform
報ずる
ほうずる
to inform / to report
報道
ほうどう
news / report / coverage
情報
じょうほう
information / data / intelligence
報告
ほうこく
report / information / notification

Example sentences

Example 1

この仕事の報酬は高いです。

Translation

The pay for this job is high.

Example 2

報酬をもらって仕事をする。

Translation

Work and receive a reward.

Example 3

テレビが事件を報じた。

Translation

The TV reported the incident.

Example 4

新聞は最新ニュースを報じる。

Translation

The newspaper reports the latest news.

Kanji 報: report, news, reward, retribution

Kanji at a glance

Core meaning / core image

Kanji structure breakdown

Mnemonic story

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

Commonly used words

Example sentences

報酬 (ほうしゅう): meaning and examples

報じる (ほうじる): meaning and examples

報ずる (ほうずる): meaning and examples

報道 (ほうどう): meaning and examples

情報 (じょうほう): meaning and examples

報告 (ほうこく): meaning and examples

予報 (よほう): meaning and examples

天気予報 (てんきよほう): meaning and examples

電報 (でんぽう): meaning and examples