俸
stipend, salary
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
Study
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.