bào to announce; to inform; report

Made up of [ shǒu hand radical 64, jié seal (of document) radical 26, yòu also; in addition; and radical 29]
A measure word to use for this noun: zhāng
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 7 strokes.
The elements suggest a sealed document held in a right hand - hence 'announce'

Related characters


Also uses shǒu component: (to hold) bàn (to act) ; bào (to hold) ; dān (to undertake) ; gǎo (to do) ; (skill) ; (to pull) ; qiú (to beat) ; tái (to lift) ; tuī (to push) ; (I (me)) ; zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses jié component: (clothes) yíng (welcome)
Also uses yòu component: (to pass) duì (right) ; (to send out) ; fǎn (contrary) ; (clothes) ; hàn (chinese) ; huān (merry) ; (and) ; (fowl) ; jiān (difficult) ; nán (difficult) ; (to take) ; shèng (holy) ; shòu (to receive) ; shù (tree) ; shuāng (pair) ; yǒu (friend) ; (pool) ; zhī (to support)

Sounds same

bào (to hold)

Different tone

bāo (to cover) ; bāo (wrap) ; bǎo (jewel) ; bǎo (to eat till full)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 报
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Proverbs

恩将仇报 ēn jiāng chóu baò Reject kindness
感恩图报 gǎn ēn tú bào Repaying a debt of kindness. The story is from the Zhou dynasty when the state of Wu was mounting a war against the state of Zheng. A Zheng fisherman offered to try to stop the conflict. He boldly went to the enemy general Wu Zixu and reminded him that his father had saved Wu's life a long time ago. The general then recalled the incident and in repayment of the kindness called off his attack on Zheng.