English: report news reward retribution	On-Yomi: ホウ	Kun-Yomi: むく.いる

Bushu (Radical) Info: 土 (つち) – earth

Henshall Mnemonic: by good fortune, seize person, report for reward

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #167 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 天気予報   [てんきよほう]
  weather forecast; weather report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 電報   [でんぽう]
  (n) telegram   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 予報   [よほう]
  (n,vs) forecast; prediction   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 情報   [じょうほう]
  (n) (1) information; news; (2) (military) intelligence; (3) gossip   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報告   [ほうこく]
  (n,vs) report; information   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 報じる   [ほうじる]
  (v1) to inform; to report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報ずる   [ほうずる]
  (vz) to inform; to report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報酬   [ほうしゅう]
  (n) remuneration; recompense; reward; toll   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報道   [ほうどう]
  (n,vs) information; report   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 朗報   [ろうほう]
  (n) good news   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 官報   [かんぽう]
  (n) official daily gazette; official telegram   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日報   [にっぽう]
  (n) daily report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 吉報   [きっぽう]
  (n) good news   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 注意報   [ちゅういほう]
  (n) storm warning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 速報   [そくほう]
  (n,vs) prompt report; quick announcement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 誤報   [ごほう]
  (n) misinformation; incorrect report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 警報   [けいほう]
  (n) alarm; warning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 公報   [こうほう]
  (n) official bulletin; communique   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 広報   [こうほう]
  (n) PR; public relations; publicity; information   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 通報   [つうほう]
  (n) report; tip; bulletin   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 詳報   [しょうほう]
  (n,vs) full report; particulars   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会報   [かいほう]
  (n) bulletin; report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報   [ほう]
  (n,n-suf) information; punishment; retribution   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報いる   [むくいる]
  (v1) to reward; to recompense; to repay   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報う   [むくう]
  (v5u) to reward; to recompense; to repay   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報告書   [ほうこくしょ]
  (written) report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 情報化社会   [じょうほうかしゃかい]
  information society   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 無報酬   [むほうしゅう]
  free of charge; gratuitous; without pay   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報奨金   [ほうしょうきん]
  cash bonus; reward   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報知   [ほうち]
  (n) information; news; intelligence   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報道機関   [ほうどうきかん]
  information media; press; news organs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 情報産業   [じょうほうさんぎょう]
  information industry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報道陣   [ほうどうじん]
  (n) press corps   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 報復   [ほうふく]
  (n) retribution   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.