報
news, report, retribution, reward
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:5
Strokes:12
JLPT:3
Frequency:167
Vocabulary
ホウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会報 | カイホウ | bulletin (issued by a society); report; newsletter |
| 警報 | ケイホウ | warning; alarm; alert |
| 公報 | コウホウ | official bulletin; communique |
| 時報 | ジホウ | announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter |
| 詳報 | ショウホウ | detailed report; full report; details; particulars |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 報える | こたえる | to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain |
| 官報 | かんぽう | official daily gazette; official telegram |
| 報せ | しらせ | news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information; omen; foreboding; premonition |
| 報せる | しらせる | to notify; to advise; to inform |
| 電報 | でんぽう | telegram |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
幸
blessing, fortune, happiness
Grade 3JLPT 3
執
grasp, take hold, take to heart, tenacious
Grade 8JLPT 1
珠
gem, jewel, pearl
Grade 8JLPT 1
達
accomplished, arrive, attain, reach
Grade 4JLPT 3
度
attitude, consider, counter for occurrences, degrees, occurrence, time
Grade 3JLPT 4
殊
especially, exceptionally, particularly
Grade 8JLPT 1
辛
acrid, bitter, hot, spicy
Grade 8JLPT 2
穀
cereals, grain
Grade 6JLPT 1
廉
account, bargain, charge, cheap, contented, honest, low price, peaceful, point, purity, reason, rested, suspicion
Grade 8JLPT 1
業
arts, business, performance, vocation
Grade 3JLPT 4