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Historical forms of the character 報
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意)Category:Han ideogrammic compounds#土09: 㚔 (“handcuffs”) + 𠬝 (“to subdue”) – to convict; to punish; to declare guilty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bào (bao⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#報)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бо (bo, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bau¹
Gan (Wiktionary): bau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): po

(Hailu, HRS): bo^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): bau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): bau³
Northern Min (KCR): ba̿u
Eastern Min (BUC): bó̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo⁴ / bor⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pò / pò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bào
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴
  - Yale: bàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
  - Palladius: бао (bao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бо (bo, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bou³
  - Yale: bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /po¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ba̿u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bó̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bo⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beo̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴²/

Note:

bo4 - vernacular (e.g. 報生, 報紙);
bor4 - literary (e.g. 報告, 報戶口).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò
  - Tâi-lô: pò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poix
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Changtai): /pɔ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /po⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘
  - Tâi-lô: pòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pox
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pau
  - MiniDict: pau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: pawH

Rime
Character	報
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博耗切
Baxter	pawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^H/
Li Rong	/pɑu^H/
Wang Li	/pɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	報
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuk-s/
English	repay
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.