This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ホウ、むく.いる
Romaji: hou, muku.iru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

report, news, reward, retribution

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  32
Frequency:  167
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-8-4
Korean Reading:  bu
Chinese Reading:  bao4
Unicode:  5831
JIS:  4A73

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1698
Nelson Index: 1114
New Nelson Index: 1059
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b9.16
Four Corner Index: 4744.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 789
Gakken Index: 306
Japanese Names Index: 1667
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5275
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0216
Remembering the kanji Index: 1507
Kanji Way Index: 310
Kanji Flashcards Index: 436
Kodansha Compact Index: 352
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 810
Kanji in Context Index: 891
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1115
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1515
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1521
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1625
Essential Kanji Index: 295
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2133
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1467
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 717
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 767

Words

(ほう)
information; news; report
報告 (ほうこく)
report; information
電報 (でんぽう)
telegram
官報 (かんぽう)
official daily gazette; official telegram
報じる (ほうじる)
to inform; to report
情報 (じょうほう)
information; news; intelligence; advices; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
報道 (ほうどう)
information; report; journalism; news; to report
広報 (こうほう)
public relations; PR; publicity; information; publicizing
予報 (よほう)
forecast; prediction
報酬 (ほうしゅう)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
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