# 告

| 告 | U+544A, &#21578; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-544A |
| ← 呉 [U+5449] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 呋 → [U+544B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

告 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹土口 (HGR), four-corner 2460$_1$, composition ⿱𠂒口)
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №21

#### 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

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 |
| | Old Chinese |
| 造 | *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ |
| 慥 | *skʰuːɡs |
| 艁 | *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ |
| 糙 | *skʰuːɡs |
| 告 | *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ |
| 誥 | *kuːɡs |
| 郜 | *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ |
| 祰 | *kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ |
| 靠 | *kʰuːɡs |
| 浩 | *ɡuːʔ, *kuːb |
| 晧 | *ɡuːʔ |
| 皓 | *ɡuːʔ |
| 窖 | *kruːɡs |
| 簉 | *skʰruɡs |
| 梏 | *kruːɡ, *kuːɡ |
| 硞 | *kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ |
| 牿 | *kuːɡ |
| 鵠 | *kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ |
| 酷 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 焅 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 嚳 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 頶 | *ɡuːɡ |
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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gào (gao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gou$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ko
    (Hailu, HRS): go$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): gau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ga̿u
* Eastern Min (BUC): gó̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor$^4$ / go$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kò / kò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^3$ / go$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gào
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gào
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^4$
*** Yale: gàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw
*** Palladius: гао (gao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gao
*** Sinological IPA : /kau²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^3$
*** Yale: gou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kau³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kau³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko
*** Hakka Romanization System: go
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: go$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ga̿u
*** Sinological IPA : /kau³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gor$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒ⁴²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: go$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ko⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: go$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵ⁴²/
* gor4 - literary;
* go4 - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit告 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kau³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kau⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kau³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kao²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kɔ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kæ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /kɔ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /kɜ⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kɔ³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kə⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kau⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kaɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kɑu⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kau⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kou³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ku³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kou³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ko²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kɔ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kau³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kau²¹³/ /ko²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kau³⁵/ /ko³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: kawH
Rime :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古到切 |
| Baxter | kawH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gou$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kaw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁuk-s/ |
| English | announce, inform |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3805 |
| Phonetic component | 告 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誥 |
| Old Chinese | /*kuːɡs/ |

##### 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

* (to sue):
* 告狀 / 告状 (gàozhuàng)
* 告訴 / 告诉 (gàosù)
* 打官司
* 指控 (zhǐkòng)
* 控告 (kònggào)
* 控訴 / 控诉 (kòngsù)
* 檢控 / 检控 (jiǎnkòng) (chiefly Hong Kong)
* 爭訟 / 争讼 (zhēngsòng) (to litigate to resolve a dispute)
* 訴訟 / 诉讼 (sùsòng)
* 訴追 / 诉追 (sùzhuī)
* 起訴 / 起诉 (qǐsù)
* 追訴 / 追诉 (zhuīsù)

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gào, gù (gao$^4$, gu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ, ㄍㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): guk$^1$ / gou$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ko
    (Hailu, HRS): go$^ˇ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kò / kò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gào
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gào
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^4$
*** Yale: gàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw
*** Palladius: гао (gao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gù
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gù
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^4$
*** Yale: gù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: guk$^1$ / gou$^3$
*** Yale: gūk / gou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: guk$^7$ / gou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gug$^1$ / gou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊk̚⁵/, /kou̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko
*** Hakka Romanization System: go
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: go$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò
*** Tâi-lô: kò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
*** Tâi-lô: kòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kox
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gao$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu
*** Sinological IPA : /kau²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: kowk
Rime :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 沃 (6) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古沃切 |
| Baxter | kowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kuok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | guk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁuk/ |
| English | announce, inform |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3818 |
| Phonetic component | 吿 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 梏 |
| Old Chinese | /*kuːɡ/ |

##### Definitions

告
* Only used in 忠告 (zhōnggào).

#### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gào, gù (gao$^4$, gu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ, ㄍㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): guk$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gào
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gào
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^4$
*** Yale: gàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw
*** Palladius: гао (gao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, literary variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gù
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gù
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^4$
*** Yale: gù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: guk$^1$
*** Yale: gūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: guk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kowk
Rime :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 沃 (6) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古沃切 |
| Baxter | kowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kuok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | guk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁuk/ |
| English | announce, inform |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 告 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3818 |
| Phonetic component | 吿 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 梏 |
| Old Chinese | /*kuːɡ/ |

##### Definitions

告
* Only used in 告朔.

#### Compounds

* 上告 (shànggào)
* 上求下告
* 不告不理
* 不告而別 / 不告而别
* 不告而去
* 不敢告勞 / 不敢告劳
* 乞哀告憐 / 乞哀告怜 (qǐ'āigàolián)
* 予告
* 以實相告 / 以实相告
* 做廣告 / 做广告
* 催告
* 催告書 / 催告书
* 公告 (gōnggào)
* 公告現值 / 公告现值
* 公益廣告 / 公益广告 (gōngyì guǎnggào)
* 公示催告
* 函告
* 分類廣告 / 分类广告 (fēnlèi guǎnggào)
* 勸告 / 劝告 (quàngào)
* 原告 (yuángào)
* 告一段落 (gào yī duànluò)
* 告么
* 告人
* 告便
* 告借
* 告假 (gàojià)
* 告冤
* 告別 / 告别 (gàobié)
* 告別式 / 告别式 (gàobiéshì)
* 告劄
* 告勞 / 告劳
* 告口
* 告喪 / 告丧 (gàosāng)
* 告喻
* 告喪帖 / 告丧帖
* 告坐
* 告報 / 告报
* 告天
* 告天拜斗
* 告奮勇 / 告奋勇
* 告子 (Gàozǐ)
* 告官
* 告密 (gàomì)
* 告密人
* 告幫 / 告帮
* 告廟 / 告庙
* 告御狀 / 告御状 (gào yùzhuàng)
* 告急 (gàojí)
* 告急文書 / 告急文书 (gàojí wénshū)
* 告慰 (gàowèi)
* 告成 (gàochéng)
* 告戒 (gàojiè)
* 告捷 (gàojié)
* 告擾 / 告扰 (gàorǎo)
* 告敕
* 告朔
* 告朔餼羊 / 告朔饩羊
* 告狀 / 告状 (gàozhuàng)
* 告狀本 / 告状本
* 告珠玉
* 告理
* 告病
* 告發 / 告发 (gàofā)
* 告白 (gàobái)
* 告知 (gàozhī)
* 告知義務 / 告知义务
* 告示 (gàoshì)
* 告稟 / 告禀
* 告窆
* 告竣
* 告竭
* 告終 / 告终 (gàozhōng)
* 告終養 / 告终养
* 告絕 / 告绝
* 告罄 (gàoqìng)
* 告罪 (gàozuì)
* 告老 (gàolǎo)
* 告老打罷 / 告老打罢
* 告老還鄉 / 告老还乡 (gàolǎohuánxiāng)
* 告舌
* 告茶
* 告解 (gàojiě)
* 告託 / 告托
* 告訐 / 告讦
* 告訴 / 告诉
* 告訴乃論 / 告诉乃论 (gàosùnǎilùn)
* 告誡 / 告诫 (gàojiè)
* 告語 / 告语
* 告誦 / 告诵 (gàosong)
* 告誡書 / 告诫书
* 告謊假 / 告谎假
* 告警
* 告貸 / 告贷 (gàodài)
* 告貸無門 / 告贷无门
* 告身
* 告辭 / 告辞 (gàocí)
* 告送 (gàosong)
* 告退 (gàotuì)
* 告陰狀 / 告阴状
* 告饒 / 告饶 (gàoráo)
* 告饗 / 告飨
* 哀告 (āigào)
* 回告
* 地價公告 / 地价公告
* 執告 / 执告
* 報告 / 报告 (bàogào)
* 報告小說 / 报告小说
* 報告文學 / 报告文学 (bàogào wénxué)
* 報告書 / 报告书 (bàogàoshū)
* 大功告成 (dàgōnggàochéng)
* 大工告成
* 央告 (yānggào)
* 奉告 (fènggào)
* 奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)
* 安民告示 (ānmín gàoshì)
* 官告
* 宣告 (xuāngào)
* 宣告死亡
* 密告 (mìgào)
* 實驗報告 / 实验报告
* 對天祝告 / 对天祝告
* 小報告 / 小报告 (xiǎobàogào)
* 布告 (bùgào)
* 布告欄 / 布告栏 (bùgàolán)
* 布告牌
* 店面廣告 / 店面广告
* 廣告 / 广告 (guǎnggào)
* 廣告人 / 广告人
* 廣告函件 / 广告函件
* 廣告媒體 / 广告媒体
* 廣告節目 / 广告节目
* 廣告詞 / 广告词
* 廣告費 / 广告费
* 廣告顏料 / 广告颜料
* 忠告
* 懸車告老 / 悬车告老
* 戶告人曉 / 户告人晓
* 戶外廣告 / 户外广告
* 打小報告 / 打小报告 (dǎ xiǎobàogào)
* 打廣告 / 打广告
* 抗告 (kànggào)
* 投告
* 抱告
* 拉廣告 / 拉广告
* 按鈴申告 / 按铃申告
* 排告
* 控告 (kònggào)
* 掛告 / 挂告
* 放告
* 放告牌
* 啟告 / 启告
* 敷告
* 文告 (wéngào)
* 昭告
* 普告
* 書面報告 / 书面报告
* 東央西告 / 东央西告
* 死亡宣告
* 死告活央
* 求告 (qiúgào)
* 求親告友 / 求亲告友
* 沒頭告示 / 没头告示
* 海事報告 / 海事报告
* 無可奉告 / 无可奉告 (wúkěfènggào)
* 無告 / 无告 (wúgào)
* 無門投告 / 无门投告
* 無頭告示 / 无头告示
* 熒幕廣告 / 荧幕广告
* 牌告利率
* 申告 (shēngào)
* 破產宣告 / 破产宣告
* 祝告 (zhùgào)
* 祭告 (jìgào)
* 禱告 / 祷告 (dǎogào)
* 稟告 / 禀告 (bǐnggào)
* 立體廣告 / 立体广告
* 網路廣告 / 网路广告
* 自告奮勇 / 自告奋勇 (zìgàofènyǒng)
* 被告 (bèigào)
* 見告 / 见告 (jiàngào)
* 親告罪 / 亲告罪
* 訃告 / 讣告 (fùgào)
* 訐告 / 讦告
* 誣告 / 诬告
* 請告 / 请告
* 論告 / 论告
* 諄諄告戒 / 谆谆告戒 (zhūnzhūngàojiè)
* 謁告 / 谒告
* 警告 (jǐnggào)
* 警告啟事 / 警告启事
* 警告牌
* 買上告下 / 买上告下
* 買告 / 买告
* 賜告 / 赐告
* 車廂廣告 / 车厢广告
* 車體廣告 / 车体广告
* 轉告 / 转告 (zhuǎngào)
* 通告 (tōnggào)
* 遍告
* 長休告 / 长休告
* 陪告
* 電告 / 电告 (diàngào)
* 電子廣告 / 电子广告
* 面告 (miàngào)
* 頂名代告 / 顶名代告
* 預告 / 预告 (yùgào)
* 預告片 / 预告片
* 饗告 / 飨告
* 首告
* 黑驢告狀 / 黑驴告状

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gao
*** Sinological IPA : /kau²¹³/

#### Definitions

告
* (Southwestern Mandarin) to try; to check out
    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)
    From: 1982, 《四川文学》, issue 8, page 63
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū (ju$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

告
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to interrogate and convict

### References

* “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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “告”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 74.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 告 |
| Kyūjitai | 吿 |

### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* tell, inform
* revelation

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)、こく (koku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)、こく (koku, Jōyō)
* Kun: つげる (tsugeru, 告げる, Jōyō)
* Nanori: い (i)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 告
* つ(げ) Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 吿 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 告 – see the following entry. :
| 【つげ】 | [noun] (religion, usually prefixed as おつげ) revelation [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of つげる (tsugeru) [ichidan] Alternative spelling 告げ |
(This term, 告, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

告 (eumhun 알릴 고 (allil go))
* hanja form of 고 (“report”)

#### Compounds

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

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

告 (eumhun 청할 곡 (cheonghal gok))
* (obsolete) hanja form of 곡 (“asking”)

#### Compounds

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

告: Hán Nôm readings: cáo, cáu, cốc, kiếu
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.