電報
でんぽう · denpou · JLPT N4 · noun
telegram
📨⚡ 電報 = electricity + report: a report sent by electricity
電 (den) means electricity, as in 電話 denwa (telephone) and 電車 densha (train). 報 (hou) means report or news, as in 情報 jouhou (information). After 電, hou hardens to pou, giving denpou: news delivered by wire.