報

See also: 报

報	U+5831, 報 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5831

← 堰
[U+5830]

CJK Unified Ideographs

堲 →
[U+5832]

報	U+2F857, 報 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F857

← 堲
[U+2F856]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

墬 →
[U+2F858]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

報 (radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土十尸中水 (GJSLE), four-corner 4744₇, composition ⿰幸𠬝)

Derived charactersEdit

𠾷, 𬋳, 蕔, 𤺴, 𥴆, 𨷂, 𢵨, 𪨡

Related charactersEdit

报 (Simplified Chinese and variant form)

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 234, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5275
Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 466, character 4
Unihan data for U+5831

ChineseEdit

trad.		報
simp.		报
alternative forms		𡙈报

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 報
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 㚔 (“handcuffs”) + 𠬝 (“to subdue”) – to convict; to punish; to declare guilty.

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

(Chengdu, SP): bao⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic): бо (bo, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): bou³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bau¹
Gan (Wiktionary): bau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): po

(Meixian, Guangdong): bau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): bau³
Min Bei (KCR): ba̿u
Min Dong (BUC): bó̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pò

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo³
Wu (Wiktionary): pau (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bào
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: бо (bo, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³
  - Yale: bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ba̿u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bó̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò
  - Tâi-lô: pò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poix
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /po⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pau (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /pɑu^H/

Rime
Character	報
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博耗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^H/
Li Rong	/pɑu^H/
Wang Li	/pɑu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	報
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuk-s/
English	repay
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	報
Reading #	1/1
No.	329
Phonetic component	報
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	報
Old Chinese	/*puːɡs/

DefinitionsEdit

報

^† to judge
to avenge; to take revenge
報仇 / 报仇 ― bàochóu ― to take revenge

報復 / 报复 ― bàofù ― to revenge, to retaliate
to repay; to requite; to recompense
報酬 / 报酬 ― bàochóu ― reward

報應 / 报应 ― bàoyìng ― retribution

惡報 / 恶报 ― èbào ― retribution

果報 / 果报 ― guǒbào ― karma

無以為報 / 无以为报 ― wúyǐwéibào ― to be unable to repay a favor

以怨報德 / 以怨报德 ― yǐyuànbàodé ― to return evil for good
divine retribution; karma; nemesis
to announce; to inform; to report; to tell
我要報一宗盜竊案。 [MSC, trad.]
我要报一宗盗窃案。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yào bào yī zōng dàoqiè àn. [Pinyin]
I want to report a theft.

這個公司報虧損之后，價格就下滑。 [MSC, trad.]
这个公司报亏损之后，价格就下滑。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè ge gōngsī bào kuīsǔn zhīhòu, jiàgé jiù xiàhuá. [Pinyin]
The price went down after the company reported a loss.
report; information
報告 / 报告 ― bàogào ― report, lecture
newspaper (Classifier: 份 m; 張／张 m)
報紙 / 报纸 ― bàozhǐ ― newspaper

日報 / 日报 ― rìbào ― daily newspaper
bulletin; newsletter; report
journal; periodical
Short for 電報／电报 (diànbào, “telegram”).