Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

167 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: report, news, reward, retribution

Kunyomi: むく.いる

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つち

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

道(ほうどう)   information, report

酬(ほうしゅう)   remuneration, recompense

(じょうほう)   information, news

(けいほう)   alarm, warning

(そくほう)   news flash, quick report

天気予(てんきよほう)   weather forecast

告する(ほうこくする)   report, inform

復する(ほうふくする)   retaliate, take revenge

する(つうほうする)   report [v.t.]

じる(ほうじる)   inform, report

う(むくう)   reward, recompense [v.i., v.t.]

いる(むくいる)   reward, recompense [v.i., v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

ホウ information, news, report, reward, retribution

ホウコク report, information

カイホウ bulletin (issued by a society), report, newsletter

注意 チュウイホウ warning (e.g. for a storm), advisory

Kunyomi Examples

いる むくいる to reward, to recompense, to repay, to retaliate, to get revenge