稟りん告こく

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Formal, somewhat bureaucratic term for an official notice or notification. Often used in legal, administrative, or business contexts. The reading ひんこく is obsolete.

会かい社しゃから重じゅう要ような稟りん告こくが届とどいた。
An important notice arrived from the company.
役やく所しょは新あたらしい規き則そくについて稟りん告こくした。
The government office issued a notification about the new regulations.

Written forms

稟告
- りんこく
  Standard kanji form for this word.
- ひんこく
  out-dated reading
禀告
out-dated kanji form
- りんこく
  Variant using an older form of the first kanji; rarely encountered in modern texts.
- ひんこく
  out-dated reading
ひんこく
out-dated reading

Kanji

稟salary in rice
告revelation, tell, inform
禀salary in rice

Similar words

通つう知ち
通知 is the common, everyday word for notification or notice. 稟告 is more formal and bureaucratic, often used in official documents.
告こく示じ
告示 is a public notice or official announcement, typically by a government body. 稟告 can be used in similar contexts but may also refer to internal organizational notices.

Etymology

Compound of 稟 (りん, 'report to a superior') and 告 (こく, 'inform'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in formal Japanese writing for official notifications.