Moji Ninja

報 — report; news

報 means “report; news”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ホウ (hou). Kun'yomi: むく(いる) (mukuiru). You'll see it in words such as 報じる (houjiru, “to report; to inform”).

報
Stroke order of 報
Meaning
report; news
On'yomi
ホウ (hou)
Kun'yomi
むく(いる) (mukuiru)
Strokes
12
Level
JLPT N3 · set Words & language 1

How to remember 報

Happiness (幸) reaches a kneeling person (卩) by hand (又): good news, a report.

Parts: 幸 happiness · 卩 kneeling person · 又 hand; again

Words with 報

WordReadingMeaning
報じるほうじる houjiru onto report; to inform
報いるむくいる mukuiru kunto reward; to recompense
報ほう hou oninformation; news

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