告
revelation, tell, inform, announce
Readings
On'yomi
- コク
Kun'yomi
- つ.げる
Nanori
- い
Meaning
告 centers on making something known to others: revealing, telling, informing, or announcing. The common thread is the act of conveying information openly.
Most common words using 告
24 of 281- 報告ほうこくN3
report; information
- 広告こうこくN3
advertisement; advertising
- 告白こくはくN1
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission
- 予告よこくN1
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning
- 告知こくちN1
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
- 警告けいこくN3
warning; caution; admonition
- 被告ひこくN1
defendant; the accused
- 告発こくはつ
indictment; prosecution; complaint
- 申告しんこくN1
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
- 宣告せんこくN1
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
- 勧告かんこくN1
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
- 告げるつげるN2
to tell; to inform; to announce
- 原告げんこくN1
plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
- 布告ふこくN1
edict; ordinance; proclamation
- 告訴こくそN1
accusation; complaint; charge; suit; legal action; legal proceedings
- 予告編よこくへん
trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.); preview
- 通告つうこく
announcement; notice
- 忠告ちゅうこくN2
advice; warning
- 上告じょうこく
final appeal to the highest court
- 告示こくじ
notice; bulletin
- 告別こくべつ
farewell; leave-taking
- 抗告こうこく
appeal; protest; complaint
- 戒告かいこく
admonition; warning; caution
- 論告ろんこく
prosecutor's closing argument
Study
Etymology
告 is traditionally explained as combining 牛 (cow) and 口 (mouth), possibly suggesting an announcement or declaration, though the exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The top ⺧ looks like a simplified cow, and the bottom 口 is a mouth. Imagine a cow opening its mouth to moo loudly, announcing its presence to the whole field.
Reading mnemonic
For コク, picture a rooster crowing at dawn to announce the day: cock-a-doodle-doo -> コク, and the sound tells everyone morning has come.