gào

inform

To verbally  inform also provides the pronunciation

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

告 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

gào

  

tell

Evolution

诰 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诰 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
诰 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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gào

inform, notify, admonish, order; to enjoin; to grant (a title)