The kanji 俸 primarily conveys the meaning of "salary," "stipend," or "pay." It specifically refers to the monetary compensation given for work, especially in a government or official context. It often suggests a regular payment.

・On-yomi (音読み): Hō (ホウ) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, as the meaning is conveyed through the on-yomi.

⚫︎俸給 (hōkyū) Translation: Salary; pay ⚫︎俸禄 (hōroku) Translation: Salary; stipend; official pay ⚫︎給俸 (kyūhō) Translation: Salary; payment

The kanji 俸 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). ⚫︎The left side, 亻(ninben) is a radical and means "person". ⚫︎The right side, 奉 (hō/fū) acts as a phonetic component and also carries meaning related to offering or giving. ⚫︎Therefore, the kanji combines these elements to represent the act of providing a monetary offering or compensation to a person, forming the idea of salary or stipend.