告

See also: 吿 and 吉

告 U+544A, 告 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-544A ← 呉 [U+5449] CJK Unified Ideographs 呋 → [U+544B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

告 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹土口 (HGR), four-corner 2460₁, composition ⿱𠂒口)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №21

Derived characters

• 造, 勂, 郜, 䎋, 䧼, 頶, 鵠 (鹄), 窖, 筶, 䯻, 嚳 (喾), 靠
• 俈, 哠, 峼, 悎, 捁, 浩, 䧊, 晧, 㬶, 梏, 焅, 牿, 祰, 皓, 硞, 聕, 艁, 䚛, 誥 (诰), 酷, 鋯 (锆), 鯌 (𬶔), 䶜

Additional Derived Characters

• 𱐆, 𤞺, 𰠤, 𤭚, 𥞴, 𥺊, 𦀽 (𱺞), 𣂋, 𱋯, 𠜯, 𮰕, 𮠭, 𰑣, 𫿜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3381
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 589, character 12
• Unihan data for U+544A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 告
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (告) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
造	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰	*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞	*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

Unclear. Theories include:

• Zhongshu Xu: Pictogram (象形): tongue sticking out from the mouth.^{[字源 1]}
• Meilan Chen: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): abbreviated 壴 + 口.^{[字源 2]}

Shuowen interprets it as 牛 + 口; however, Yu Xingwu points out that the top component is unrelated to 牛, as can seen in the oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions.^{[字源 3]}

References

1. 徐中舒 「怎様考釈古文字」 『古文字学論集』初編 香港中文大学、1983年、7-20頁。
   張玉金 「論殷商時代的祰祭」 『中国文字』新30期 藝文印書館、2005年、1-30頁。
2. 陳美蘭 「説“告”」 『中正漢学研究』2013年2期 中正大学中国文学系、2013年。
3. 于省吾主編 『甲骨文字詁林』 中華書局、1996年、689頁。

Etymology 1

trad.		告/吿
simp.		告
alternative forms		𠰛 𢍎

Cognate with Thai กล่าว (glàao, “to say; to declare”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gào (gao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gou³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): gau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ko

  (Hailu, HRS): go^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): gau³
• Northern Min (KCR): ga̿u
• Eastern Min (BUC): gó̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor⁴ / go⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò / kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao³ / go³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gào
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴
    • Yale: gàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gou³
    • Yale: gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko
    • Hakka Romanization System: go
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: go^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ko¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kau⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ga̿u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gor⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒ⁴²/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: go⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: geo̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko⁴²/

Note:

• gor4 - literary;
• go4 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò
    • Tâi-lô: kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koix
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ko⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao³ / go³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu / kò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/, /ko²¹³/
Note: go3 - “to sue”.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kau
    • MiniDict: kau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒu̯⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 告
Mandarin	Beijing	/kɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/kau⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/kɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/kɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/kau⁴⁴/
	Xining	/kɔ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/kɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kau¹³/
	Guiyang	/kao²¹³/
	Kunming	/kɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/kɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/kɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/kɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kɔ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kæ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/kɔ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/kɜ⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/kɔ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/kə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/kau⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/kaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kɑu⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kau⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kou³³/
	Nanning	/ku³³/
	Hong Kong	/kou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ko²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɔ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kau³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kau²¹³/ /ko²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kau³⁵/ /ko³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kawH

Rime
Character	告
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古到切
Baxter	kawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawH/
Li Rong	/kɑuH/
Wang Li	/kɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	告
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gào
Middle Chinese	‹ kawH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁuk-s/
English	announce, inform
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	告
Reading #	1/2
No.	3805
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	誥
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡs/

Definitions

告

1. to report to
2. to tell; to inform
3. to request
4. to announce; to declare
5. to expose; to denounce
6. to accuse; to sue; to file a lawsuit; to press charges
7. (Eastern Min) to call

Synonyms

• (to sue):

edit

• 告狀 / 告状 (gàozhuàng)
• 告訴 / 告诉 (gàosù)
• 打官司
• 指控 (zhǐkòng)
• 控告 (kònggào)
• 控訴 / 控诉 (kòngsù)
• 檢控 / 检控 (jiǎnkòng) (chiefly Hong Kong)
• 爭訟 / 争讼 (zhēngsòng) (to litigate to resolve a dispute)
• 訴訟 / 诉讼 (sùsòng)
• 訴追 / 诉追 (sùzhuī)
• 起訴 / 起诉 (qǐsù)
• 追訴 / 追诉 (zhuīsù)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gào, gù (gao⁴, gu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ, ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹ / gou³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ko

  (Hailu, HRS): go^ˇ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò / kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gào
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴
    • Yale: gàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gù
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴
    • Yale: gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: guk¹ / gou³
    • Yale: gūk / gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷ / gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹ / gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/, /kou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko
    • Hakka Romanization System: go
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: go^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ko¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò
    • Tâi-lô: kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kowk

Rime
Character	告
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古沃切
Baxter	kowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawk̚/
Li Rong	/kok̚/
Wang Li	/kuok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	告
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gào
Middle Chinese	‹ kowk ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁuk/
English	announce, inform
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	告
Reading #	2/2
No.	3818
Phonetic component	吿
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梏
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡ/

Definitions

告

1. only used in 忠告 (zhōnggào)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gào, gù (gao⁴, gu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ, ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gào
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴
    • Yale: gàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, literary variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gù
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴
    • Yale: gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: guk¹
    • Yale: gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kowk

Rime
Character	告
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古沃切
Baxter	kowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawk̚/
Li Rong	/kok̚/
Wang Li	/kuok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	告
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gào
Middle Chinese	‹ kowk ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁuk/
English	announce, inform
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	告
Reading #	2/2
No.	3818
Phonetic component	吿
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梏
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡ/

Definitions

告

1. only used in 告朔

Compounds

• 上告 (shànggào)
• 上求下告
• 不告不理
• 不告而別 / 不告而别
• 不告而去
• 不敢告勞 / 不敢告劳
• 乞哀告憐 / 乞哀告怜 (qǐ'āigàolián)
• 予告
• 以實相告 / 以实相告
• 做廣告 / 做广告
• 催告
• 催告書 / 催告书
• 公告 (gōnggào)
• 公告現值 / 公告现值
• 公益廣告 / 公益广告 (gōngyì guǎnggào)
• 公示催告
• 函告
• 分類廣告 / 分类广告 (fēnlèi guǎnggào)
• 勸告 / 劝告 (quàngào)
• 原告 (yuángào)
• 告一段落 (gào yī duànluò)
• 告么
• 告人
• 告便
• 告借
• 告假 (gàojià)
• 告冤
• 告別 / 告别 (gàobié)
• 告別式 / 告别式 (gàobiéshì)
• 告劄
• 告勞 / 告劳
• 告口
• 告喪 / 告丧 (gàosāng)
• 告喻
• 告喪帖 / 告丧帖
• 告坐
• 告報 / 告报
• 告天
• 告天拜斗
• 告奮勇 / 告奋勇
• 告子 (Gàozǐ)
• 告官
• 告密 (gàomì)
• 告密人
• 告幫 / 告帮
• 告廟 / 告庙
• 告御狀 / 告御状 (gào yùzhuàng)
• 告急 (gàojí)
• 告急文書 / 告急文书 (gàojí wénshū)
• 告慰 (gàowèi)
• 告成 (gàochéng)
• 告戒 (gàojiè)
• 告捷 (gàojié)
• 告擾 / 告扰 (gàorǎo)
• 告敕
• 告朔
• 告朔餼羊 / 告朔饩羊
• 告狀 / 告状 (gàozhuàng)
• 告狀本 / 告状本
• 告珠玉
• 告理
• 告病
• 告發 / 告发 (gàofā)
• 告白 (gàobái)
• 告知 (gàozhī)
• 告知義務 / 告知义务
• 告示 (gàoshì)
• 告稟 / 告禀
• 告窆
• 告竣
• 告竭
• 告終 / 告终 (gàozhōng)
• 告終養 / 告终养
• 告絕 / 告绝
• 告罄 (gàoqìng)
• 告罪 (gàozuì)
• 告老 (gàolǎo)
• 告老打罷 / 告老打罢
• 告老還鄉 / 告老还乡 (gàolǎohuánxiāng)
• 告舌
• 告茶
• 告解 (gàojiě)
• 告託 / 告托
• 告訐 / 告讦
• 告訴 / 告诉
• 告訴乃論 / 告诉乃论 (gàosùnǎilùn)
• 告誡 / 告诫 (gàojiè)
• 告語 / 告语
• 告誦 / 告诵 (gàosong)
• 告誡書 / 告诫书
• 告謊假 / 告谎假
• 告警
• 告貸 / 告贷 (gàodài)
• 告貸無門 / 告贷无门
• 告身
• 告辭 / 告辞 (gàocí)
• 告送 (gàosong)
• 告退 (gàotuì)
• 告陰狀 / 告阴状
• 告饒 / 告饶 (gàoráo)
• 告饗 / 告飨
• 哀告 (āigào)
• 回告
• 地價公告 / 地价公告
• 執告 / 执告
• 報告 / 报告 (bàogào)
• 報告小說 / 报告小说
• 報告文學 / 报告文学 (bàogào wénxué)
• 報告書 / 报告书 (bàogàoshū)
• 大功告成 (dàgōnggàochéng)
• 大工告成
• 央告 (yānggào)
• 奉告 (fènggào)
• 奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)
• 安民告示 (ānmín gàoshì)
• 官告
• 宣告 (xuāngào)
• 宣告死亡
• 密告 (mìgào)
• 實驗報告 / 实验报告
• 對天祝告 / 对天祝告
• 小報告 / 小报告 (xiǎobàogào)
• 布告 (bùgào)
• 布告欄 / 布告栏 (bùgàolán)
• 布告牌
• 店面廣告 / 店面广告
• 廣告 / 广告 (guǎnggào)
• 廣告人 / 广告人
• 廣告函件 / 广告函件
• 廣告媒體 / 广告媒体
• 廣告節目 / 广告节目
• 廣告詞 / 广告词
• 廣告費 / 广告费
• 廣告顏料 / 广告颜料
• 忠告
• 懸車告老 / 悬车告老
• 戶告人曉 / 户告人晓
• 戶外廣告 / 户外广告
• 打小報告 / 打小报告 (dǎ xiǎobàogào)
• 打廣告 / 打广告
• 抗告 (kànggào)
• 投告
• 抱告
• 拉廣告 / 拉广告
• 按鈴申告 / 按铃申告
• 排告
• 控告 (kònggào)
• 掛告 / 挂告
• 放告
• 放告牌
• 啟告 / 启告
• 敷告
• 文告 (wéngào)
• 昭告
• 普告
• 書面報告 / 书面报告
• 東央西告 / 东央西告
• 死亡宣告
• 死告活央
• 求告 (qiúgào)
• 求親告友 / 求亲告友
• 沒頭告示 / 没头告示
• 海事報告 / 海事报告
• 無可奉告 / 无可奉告 (wúkěfènggào)
• 無告 / 无告 (wúgào)
• 無門投告 / 无门投告
• 無頭告示 / 无头告示
• 熒幕廣告 / 荧幕广告
• 牌告利率
• 申告 (shēngào)
• 破產宣告 / 破产宣告
• 祝告 (zhùgào)
• 祭告 (jìgào)
• 禱告 / 祷告 (dǎogào)
• 稟告 / 禀告 (bǐnggào)
• 立體廣告 / 立体广告
• 網路廣告 / 网路广告
• 自告奮勇 / 自告奋勇 (zìgàofènyǒng)
• 被告 (bèigào)
• 見告 / 见告 (jiàngào)
• 親告罪 / 亲告罪
• 訃告 / 讣告 (fùgào)
• 訐告 / 讦告
• 誣告 / 诬告
• 請告 / 请告
• 論告 / 论告
• 諄諄告戒 / 谆谆告戒 (zhūnzhūngàojiè)
• 謁告 / 谒告
• 警告 (jǐnggào)
• 警告啟事 / 警告启事
• 警告牌
• 買上告下 / 买上告下
• 買告 / 买告
• 賜告 / 赐告
• 車廂廣告 / 车厢广告
• 車體廣告 / 车体广告
• 轉告 / 转告 (zhuǎngào)
• 通告 (tōnggào)
• 遍告
• 長休告 / 长休告
• 陪告
• 電告 / 电告 (diàngào)
• 電子廣告 / 电子广告
• 面告 (miàngào)
• 頂名代告 / 顶名代告
• 預告 / 预告 (yùgào)
• 預告片 / 预告片
• 饗告 / 飨告
• 首告
• 黑驢告狀 / 黑驴告状

Etymology 2

trad.		告/吿
simp.		告
alternative forms		校 較／较

From 校 (MC kaewH, “to check; to compare”) (Yang, 2010).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/

Definitions

告

1. (Southwestern Mandarin) to try; to check out

   • 卯起錢來卯起錢，卯起錢來告點點 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     卯起钱来卯起钱，卯起钱来告点点 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1909, 傅崇矩, 《成都通覽·成都之詐騙·擲烏龍》

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 媽喊快點告鴨兒胃口呢。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     妈喊快点告鸭儿胃口呢。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1982, 《四川文学》, issue 8, page 63

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

Definitions

告

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to interrogate and convict

References

• “告”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “告”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 74.

Japanese

Shinjitai	告
Kyūjitai	吿

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 告

告

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. tell, inform
2. revelation

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}、こく (koku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}、こく (koku, Jōyō)
• Kun: つげる (tsugeru, 告げる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: い (i)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
告
つ(げ) Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
吿 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 告 – see the following entry.

【つげ】 [noun] (religion, usually prefixed as おつげ) revelation [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of つげる (tsugeru) [ichidan] Alternative spelling 告げ

(This term, 告, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

告 (eumhun 알릴 고 (allil go))

1. hanja form^? of 고 (“report”)

Compounds

• 고발 (告發, gobal, “informing against”)
• 고소 (告訴, goso, “accusation; lawsuit; suing”)

Etymology 2

Hanja

告 (eumhun 청할 곡 (cheonghal gok))

1. (obsolete) hanja form^? of 곡 (“asking”)

Compounds

• (obsolete) 곡존 (告存, gokjon, “asking after (somebody)”)

Vietnamese

Han character

告: Hán Nôm readings: cáo, cáu, cốc, kiếu

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