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Translingual
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Han character
告 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹土口 (HGR), four-corner 24601, composition ⿱𠂒口)
Derived characters
- 俈, 哠, 𡜲, 峼, 悎, 捁, 浩, 𤞺, 䧊, 晧, 㬶, 梏, 𣨓, 焅, 牿, 祰, 𤭚, 皓, 𥍱, 硞, 𥞴, 𥺊, 𦀽, 聕, 艁, 𧋓, 𪡬, 䚛, 誥(诰), 𬥘, 𨁒, 𨌒, 酷, 鋯(锆), 𣂋, 𫗓, 𮌽, 𬯱, 鯌(𬶔), 䶜
- 造, 𧻰, 勂, 𠜯, 郜, 𫧂, 𫻵, 𢽍, 𬆧, 𠵞, 𪽀, 𬐊, 𤿩, 䎋, 𧠼, 𮠭, 𠼑, 䧼, 𡀻, 頶, 𢁏, 鵠(鹄), 𪢡, 𭣂, 𭍁
- 𡨟, 𦮽, 窖, 筶, 𩇸, 䯻, 嚳(喾), 𥶚, 𤶳, 𡷥, 𢍎, 靠, 𭌳, 𨴬, 𡇪, 𬈯, 𨼄, 𩋺, 𬩙, 𫿜, 𣫀, 𥂷, 𫳩, 𮓐, 𮄔
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
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Old Chinese
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| 造
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*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
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| 慥
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*skʰuːɡs
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| 艁
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*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
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| 糙
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*skʰuːɡs
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| 告
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*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
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| 誥
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*kuːɡs
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| 郜
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*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
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| 祰
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*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
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| 靠
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*kʰuːɡs
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| 浩
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*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
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| 晧
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*ɡuːʔ
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| 皓
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*ɡuːʔ
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| 窖
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*kruːɡs
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| 簉
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*skʰruɡs
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| 梏
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*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
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| 硞
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*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
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| 牿
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*kuːɡ
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| 鵠
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*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
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| 酷
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*kʰuːɡ
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| 焅
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*kʰuːɡ
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| 嚳
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*kʰuːɡ
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| 頶
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*ɡuːɡ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 牛 (“ox”) + 口, an ox head above a container to gather its blood. Originally meaning "to pray and offer sacrifice".
Etymology 1
Cognate with Thai กล่าว (glàao, “to say; to declare”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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告
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kawH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁuk-s/
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| English
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announce, inform
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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告
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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3805
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Phonetic
component
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告
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Rime
group
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奧
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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誥
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Old
Chinese
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/*kuːɡs/
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Definitions
告
- to report to
- to tell; to inform
- to request
- to announce; to declare
- to expose; to denounce
- to accuse; to sue; to file a lawsuit; to press charges
- (Eastern Min) to call
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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告
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| Reading #
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kowk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁuk/
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| English
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announce, inform
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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告
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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3818
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Phonetic
component
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吿
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Rime
group
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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梏
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Old
Chinese
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/*kuːɡ/
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Definitions
告
- Only used in 忠告 (zhōnggào).
Pronunciation 3
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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告
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| Reading #
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kowk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁuk/
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| English
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announce, inform
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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告
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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3818
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Phonetic
component
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吿
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Rime
group
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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梏
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Old
Chinese
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/*kuːɡ/
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Definitions
告
- Only used in 告朔.
Compounds
Etymology 2
From 校 (MC kaewH, “to check; to compare”) (Yang, 2010).
Pronunciation
Definitions
告
- (Southwestern Mandarin) to try; to check out
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
告
- † to interrogate and convict
References
Japanese
Kanji
告
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- tell, inform
- revelation
Readings
Etymology
| Alternative spelling
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| 吿 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 告 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 告, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
告 (eumhun 알릴 고 (allil go))
- Hanja form? of 고 (“report”).
Compounds
Etymology 2
Hanja
告 (eumhun 청할 곡 (cheonghal gok))
- (obsolete) Hanja form? of 곡 (“asking”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
告: Hán Nôm readings: cáo, cáu, cốc, kiếu
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