The kanji 報 primarily conveys the concept of "report," "information," "reward," or "to repay." It often relates to the act of informing someone of something, providing compensation for something, or reacting to an event. This character encapsulates the ideas of communication, consequence, and reciprocity.

・On-yomi (音読み): ・ホウ (hō) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・むく-いる (muku-iru) ・しら-せる (shira-seru)

⚫︎報告（ほうこく） Translation: Report ⚫︎情報（じょうほう） Translation: Information ⚫︎報酬（ほうしゅう） Translation: Reward; Compensation

The kanji 報 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), which means it's a character that combines a semantic component (meaning-related) and a phonetic component (sound-related). The semantic component is 辛 (sin), meaning "pain," "suffering," or "hard work". The phonetic component is 畐 (fuku), now written as 副 (fuku), which originally meant "to fill." The original meaning of 報 was related to "answering" or "responding" to a situation or hardship with retribution, repayment, or notification. Over time, the meaning expanded to encompass broader ideas of reporting, information, and reward. The character evolved from pictographic representations of an ear listening to a mouth speaking. Then the semantic component of "pain" was added to suggest that receiving information can bring relief from suffering, or that action after hearing information could bring about "repayment."