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Kotomora

俸

stipend, salary

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

俸 centers on regular payment for service: a stipend or salary, especially in a formal or official context.

Most common words using 俸

  • 年俸ねんぽう

    annual salary

  • 俸給ほうきゅう

    salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

  • 減俸げんぽう

    salary reduction; salary cut

  • 俸ほう

    salary

  • 俸禄ほうろく

    retainer's stipend; official pay; salary

  • 俸禄米ほうろくまい

    rice given as salary

  • 俸給生活者ほうきゅうせいかつしゃ

    salaried person; salary earner; white-collar worker

  • 加俸かほう

    extra allowance

  • 号俸ごうほう

    gradational salary

  • 増俸ぞうほう

    salary increase; raise

  • 年俸制ねんぽうせい

    annual salary system

  • 年功加俸ねんこうかほう

    long service allowance; longevity pay

  • 月俸げっぽう

    monthly salary

  • 本俸ほんぽう

    regular salary; basic salary; full pay

  • 罰俸ばっぽう

    punitive wage cut

  • 食俸しょくほう

    stipend (usu. paid in kind); salary

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Etymology

俸 combines 亻 (person) with 奉, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of offering or presenting, suggesting a person receiving an offering in the form of a salary.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 receives an offering 奉: that offering is their regular salary or stipend.

Reading mnemonic

For ホウ, imagine a person receiving their salary in a formal ceremony, and the official calls out 'Hō!' as they present the stipend: Hō -> ホウ.