告

Stroke order

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

• 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

• 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

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

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".

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

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

• (to sue):

告

1. Only used in 忠告 (zhōnggào).

告

1. Only used in 告朔.

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

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)

告

1. ^† to interrogate and convict

• “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–

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. tell, inform
2. revelation

• 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)

告 (eumhun 알릴 고 (allil go))

1. hanja form^? of 고 (“report”)

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

告 (eumhun 청할 곡 (cheonghal gok))

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

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

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

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