# 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”).

- 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

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 報じる | ほうじる (houjiru) | to report; to inform |
| 報いる | むくいる (mukuiru) | to reward; to recompense |
| 報 | ほう (hou) | information; news |

## Don't confuse it with

[執](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cling-to/)

## More in the “Words & language 1” set

[表](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/express/) · [記](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/note-down/) · [報](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/report/) · [告](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/announce/) · [談](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/discussion/) · [述](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/state/) · [例](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/example/) · [伝](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/convey/)

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