gào

tell

Pictograph of a tongue extending from an open mouth. Visually similar to (tongue).

Components
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characterless component

Depicts a tongue extending from an open mouth.

口 iconic component

  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

告 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
告 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
告 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
告 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
告 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gào

tell, announce, inform; accuse; to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue

Most common words with 告
Freq.
Word
Meaning

告诉

to tell

报告

to inform

广告

to advertise

公告

post

警告

to warn

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 14 characters (3 verified)