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電報

電報

See also: 电报

Chinese

electric; electricity; electrical
 
to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge
trad. (電報) 電 報
simp. (电报) 电 报

Noun

電報

  1. telegram

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電 報
でん
Grade: 2 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

電報 ‎(hiragana でんぽう, romaji denpō)

  1. telegram

Derived terms

  • 電報 (でんぽう)を打 (う)つ ‎(denpō o utsu, “to send a telegram”)

Descendants

Korean

Hanja in this term
電 報

Noun

電報 • ‎(jeonbo, McCune-Reischauer: chŏnbo, Yale: cēnpo) ‎(hangeul 전보)

  1. Hanja form? of 전보, “telegram”.

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 電 (でん)報 (ぽう) ‎(denpō)

Pronunciation

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