Definitions
(verb)
to report; to inform; to announce
(noun)
newspaper
(verb)
to repay; to recompense; to revenge
About
The traditional character "報" is structurally composed of "幸", which conveys a sense of legal constraint or captivity, and "𠬝", which carries the notion of reporting or subduing, together reflecting an original meaning centered on the announcement of a judicial decision or official proclamation. From this foundational sense of formal reporting, the character's semantic scope expanded to include the idea of requital, as seen in concepts like repaying a debt or seeking retaliation, and later developed to denote the medium of such reports, such as in the term for newspaper. The simplified form "报" alters this construction by replacing the "幸" element with the hand radical "扌" while retaining "𠬝", resulting in a character that is graphically reduced but continues to encode the core action of conveying information or response.
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Example Sentences Hide
我每天读报纸。
他写了一份报告。
我们需要报警吗？
我想报名参加比赛。
我要报答你的恩情。
他决心为父亲报仇。
公司会报销你的旅行费用。
这些报刊提供了丰富的新闻信息。