報

音読おんよみ: ホウ

訓読くんよみ: むくいる

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: 土（つち）

Meaning

Report / News / Reward / Retribution

  • Basic forms
  • 報いる — to reward; to repay / base form
  • 報います — reward; repay / masu form
  • 報いた — rewarded; repaid / ta form
  • 報いて — reward and … / te form
  • 報いない — do not reward; do not repay / negative
  • 報いれば — if (one) rewards / conditional
  • Common uses
  • 努力に報いる — reward effort
  • 恩に報いる — repay a favor
  • 期待に報いる — live up to expectations

報いる（むくいる） is an ichidan verb. It means **to repay or reward**, often used for effort, kindness, trust, or expectations, and typically carries a positive or moral nuance.

  • 報告ほうこく — report
  • 情報じょうほう — information
  • 通報つうほう — notification / tip-off
  • 予報よほう — forecast
  • 恩おんに報むくいる — to return a favor
  • 一報いっぽう — a notice / a brief report

報 combines 幸 (fortune) with 土 and ⻌ elements. Its origins suggest offering or conveying something in return — evolving into meanings of reporting, informing, rewarding, or repaying. It connects communication with consequence.

先生せんせいに 報告ほうこくを 出だしました。
I submitted the report to the teacher.

努力どりょくが 報むくわれた。
My efforts were rewarded.

告
Creates
報告ほうこく — report
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