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Chinese symbol for “recompense”

报
bào
Traditional: 報
to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 报名 (bào míng)); to reward; to recompense

The closest CC-CEDICT match for recompense is 报 (bào), defined as: to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 报名 (bào míng)); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; newspaper.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “recompense”

WordPinyinMeaning
报偿 (報償)bào chángto repay; to recompense
偿 (償)chángto repay; to compensate for

Related words

Other words that share a character with 报.

WordPinyinMeaning
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
情报 (情報)qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report

See also: Japanese symbol for “recompense”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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