ご承しょう知ちおきください

Meanings

please be aware; please note; please understand

A polite, honorific set phrase used in formal requests or notifications to ask the listener to take note of something. Often appears in business correspondence or announcements.

ご承しょう知ちおきください、来らい週しゅうの会かい議ぎは延えん期きとなりました。
Please be aware that next week's meeting has been postponed.
ご承しょう知ちおきください、当とう店てんは月げつ曜よう日びが定てい休きゅう日びでございます。
Please note that our shop is closed on Mondays.

Kanji

承acquiesce, hear, listen to
知know, wisdom
置placement, put, set
下below, down, descend

Related words

ご了りょう承しょうください
ご了承ください asks the reader to accept or tolerate a situation, while ご承知おきください more formally asks them to be informed of it in advance.

Written forms

ご承しょう知ちおきください
Standard polite written form using 承知 and kana for おきください.
ご承しょう知ち置おき下ください
Variant with kanji 置き and 下さい; less common but still seen in formal writing.

Etymology

A polite phrase combining ご (honorific prefix), 承知 (acknowledgment, understanding), おく (to put, to place; here as an auxiliary meaning 'to do in advance' or 'to keep in mind'), and ください (please). The literal sense is 'please keep it in your understanding'.