Chinese Character Wiki
報

bào

report

Original meaning: 

punish

Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components
㚔 iconic component

㚔  Iconic component

niè

  

instrument of torture used in ancient times

𠬝 iconic component

𠬝  Iconic component

fú

  

subdue

Evolution

報 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
報 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
報 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
報 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

报 (報) 

bào

report, tell, announce; to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge; CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]

Most common words with 報
Freq.
Word
Meaning

报告

to inform

报

report

报道

report

报纸

newspaper

报警

to sound an alarm

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤuk-s

pawH

bào

repay


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 79.5291% of movies

332nd most common character in movies

234th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

报

Unicode

U+5831

Shuowen

“報，當罪人也。从，从。，服罪也。”


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