報

report, news, reward, retribution

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ホウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

むく.いる

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:12

JLPT:N3

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

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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