In Classical Chinese, carried the dual sense of repayment (good or bad) and communication of news.
Often used in Confucian and Buddhist texts to stress reciprocity (repaying 恩 or 仇).

Phono-semantic compound:
幸 (행, fortune, blessing) — semantic component, suggesting “to return favor or response”
𠬝 (복, to manage, to govern) — phonetic component

報告 (보고) — report, to report
情報 (정보) — information, intelligence
報恩 (보은) — to repay kindness
報仇 (보수) — to avenge, to repay revenge
報道 (보도) — news report, coverage

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Vocabulary

earth, ground, land

equal, even, or uniform, to balance, distribute evenly

to hang down, to let droop, to lower, to hand down

model, mold, pattern, template

dust, dirt, fine particles

fortress, castle, city

to hold, to possess, to take on (a responsibility)

foundation, base, groundwork

to repay, to recompense, to report, to announce, to inform, to notify

yard, place, open space

border, boundary, situation, condition, region, domain

grave, tomb

to fall, to collapse, to degenerate

wall, partition, barrier, cliff, steep slope

altar

fortress, rampart, camp

to collapse, fall apart, destroy, to be ruined, spoiled, or rotten

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