Unicode: U+62A5

Pinyin: bào

Definition

* 传达,告知。 ~告。~喜。~捷。~考。~请(用书面报告向上级请示)。~废。 * 传达消息和言论的文件、信号或出版物。 简~(文字较短、内容简略的书面报告,印发给有关部门)。电~。情~。晚~。画~。~端。 * 回答。 ~答。~恩。~仇。~国(报效祖国)。~酬。 * 由于做了坏事而受到惩罚。 ~应

report, tell, announce

Structure

报 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
33_EAC533_EAC433_EAC733_EAC6
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
71_EB3071_EB31
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
84_E64F84_E65084_E65184_E65284_E65384_E65484_E655

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC