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告

Announce
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 5Level 18

Verbs with «告»

報告する告げる告白する申告する告知する警告する

Meanings

  1. announce
  2. revelationRtK
  3. tell
  4. inform
  1. to tell
  2. to inform
  3. to announce
  4. to indicate
  5. to signal

Popular Usage

警告広告勧告

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cow (牛) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 262

Compound words

警告けいこく
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
広告こうこく
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
告げるつげる
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal
報告するほうこくする
to report
勧告かんこく
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
戒告かいこく
admonition; warning; caution
原告げんこく
plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
告示こくじ
notice; bulletin
告訴こくそ
accusation; complaint; charge; suit; legal action
告知こくち
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
告白こくはく
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith)
告発こくはつ
indictment; prosecution; complaint
告別こくべつ
farewell; leave-taking
上告じょうこく
final appeal to the highest court
申告しんこく
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification
宣告せんこく
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
忠告ちゅうこく
advice; warning
通告つうこく
announcement; notice
被告ひこく
defendant; the accused
布告ふこく
edict; ordinance; proclamation
報告ほうこく
report; information
予告よこく
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
抗告こうこく
appeal; protest; complaint
社告しゃこく
(company) announcement

Additional Examples

彼は報告書を秘書にタイプさせた。
He had his secretary type the report.tatoeba
彼は報告書を作文した。
He wrote the report.tatoeba
彼は報告書の材料を集めるのに忙しかった。
He was busy collecting stuff for his report.tatoeba
彼は報告書のタイプで手がふさがっています。
He is busy typing the reports.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Announce. 牛 (ox) + 口 (mouth) — bellowing like an ox so everyone hears.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 告

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step