Chinese symbol for “report”
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 report 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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “report”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 举报 (舉報) | jǔ bào | to report (malefactors to the police); to denounce |
| 申报 (申報) | shēn bào | to report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs) |
| 汇报 (匯報) | huì bào | to report; to give an account of |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 报.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 日报 (日報) | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 情报 (情報) | qíng bào | information; intelligence |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
See also: Japanese symbol for “report”.
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.