Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

告: revelation, tell

Also: inform, announce

JLPT N37 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 牛 is drawn in

7 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

コクkoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 報告するほうこくするreport [v.t.]
  • 忠告するちゅうこくするadvise, warn
  • 警告するけいこくするwarn
  • 申告するしんこくするfile a report
  • 告訴するこくそするaccuse
  • 告白するこくはくするconfess
  • 広告こうこくadvertisement
  • 被告ひこくdefendant
  • 原告げんこくprosecutor

つげるtsugeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 告げるつげるinform
  • 告げ口つげぐちtell on (someone) [n.]

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)壴 + 口

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Source: Wiktionary, 告 (rev. 92776346), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Cow (牛) + mouth (口). Originally related to a "cow" being used in a ritual where "words" were spoken—now the standard kanji for "announcing" or telling.”
From the 牛 cow story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
牛

Also built on cow (牛)

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口

Also built on mouth (口)

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告 gives its sound to

The family reading is コク (koku). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read コク

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
告 revelation · 口
vs件 affair · 亻
告 has 口 where 件 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gào

Same form: 告 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
告 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
告 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin gào most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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