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CHINESE CHARACTER

bào

报

报

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bulletin

Numbered pinyin
bao4
English meanings
newspaper, periodical, bulletin, telegram

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right (Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 卩; inside 又.).

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    ⿸
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌⿸卩又

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他kàn看bào报。

    He reads the newspaper.

  2. 02

    dìng订le了yī一fèn份bào报。

    Subscribed to a paper.

  3. 03

    bào报shàng上yǒu有yī一tiáo条xīnwén新闻。

    There's news in the paper.

  4. 04

    bàomíng报名cānjiā参加。

    Sign up to join.

  5. 05

    qù去bàodào报到。

    Go report for duty.

  6. 06

    xiāoxi消息jiàn见bào报le了。

    The news was published.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 上报
  • 举报
  • 回报
  • 情报
  • 报亭
  • 报仇
  • 报刊
  • 报到
  • 报名
  • 报告
  • 报复
  • 报废
  • 报社
  • 报答
  • 报纸
  • 报考
  • 报警
  • 报道
  • 报酬
  • 报销
  • 日报
  • 晚报
  • 汇报
  • 海报
  • 申报
  • 电报
  • 通报
  • 预报