报
Meaning
- to report; to inform; to announce
- to respond; to reply
- to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 报名)
Example sentence
恶有恶报。
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
The character 报
报 is to report, and the newspaper is named after it: 报纸, 日报, 晚报. As a verb it announces — 报名 is signing up by giving your name, 报到 is checking in — and 预报 is a forecast.