漢字道KANJIDO

12 strokesRadical

6Elementary year 512 strokesRadical
On
ホウ
Kun
むく(いる)
Meaning
report; news; to repay

Origin

ORIGIN

幸 "manacles" plus 𠬝 "a hand holding down"; judging a case and announcing the result — "report, requite."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ホウ報酬・報告・情報
むくいる報いる・報い

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 報告ほうこく

    report

  • 予報よほう

    forecast

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

天気予報を毎朝見る。

I check the weather forecast every morning.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)