to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
报 · 7 strokes
Simplified form of 報. Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".
复 · 9 strokes
Pictograph of a foot entering or exiting a building, representing the meaning "to return".