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報

JLPT N3 SL5 12 strokes Frequency: #167

Meanings

Report, News, Reward, Retribution

Radicals

土

Decomposition

⿰幸⿱卩又

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand 幸 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 dot bottom-to-top

5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 hook right-to-left

10 vertical right-to-left

11 corner top-to-bottom

12 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ hou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

むく muku

Words Using This Kanji

607 words total

Other (20 words)

general news column

audit report

alarm

requital of a favor

patriotism

compensation

open reward (for anonymous act of charity)

報道写真ほうどうしゃしん

news photograph

報奨金ほうしょうきん

cash bonus

警戒警報けいかいけいほう

preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.)

警報器けいほうき

alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.)

一矢を報いるいっしをむくいる

to retaliate

大雨注意報おおあめちゅういほう

storm warning

尽忠報国じんちゅうほうこく

loyalty and patriotism

電報局でんぽうきょく

telegraph office

電報を打つでんぽうをうつ

to send a telegram

生の情報なまのじょうほう

firsthand information

クロスランゲージ情報検索クロスランゲージじょうほうけんさく

cross-language information retrieval

情報量が多いじょうほうりょうがおおい

having high information content

果報かほう

good fortune

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