漢字城 Kanji Fortress

報 report

Also: reward

On'yomi
ホウ
Kun'yomi
むく-いる
Strokes
12
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 5

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): むく-いる.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
報 is written in 12 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Good fortune (幸) arrives, so a kneeling servant (卩) and a hand (又) rush out to report the news and collect their reward.

A common word

  • 情報 じょうほう information

Example sentences

  • てんきよほうをみてからでかけます。

    I'll go out after checking the weather report.

  • しんぶんでじこのじょうほうをしりました。

    I learned about the accident from the newspaper.

Kanji that share a part

土 is its radical. 62 kanji share it in all.

卩 is a component. 12 kanji share it in all.

  • 服 clothing
  • 印 mark N3
  • 命 fate N3
  • 厄 misfortune N2
  • 抑 suppress N2
  • 氾 overflow N1
  • 卯 sign Of The Hare Or Rabbit N1
  • 却 instead N1