The Chinese Radical: 告


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announce, to tell    告

Explanation announce, to tell, to inform, to say

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
announce, to tell, to inform, to say
gào
Top: cow , below: mouth
The cow opens the mouth to announce something.
JLPT HSK 5
to manufacture, to build, to invent
zào
Left: movement , tight: announce,proclaim (cow opens mouth )
The movements announce that something shall be manufactured.
JLPT HSK 5
to lean against or on, to stand by the side of, to depend on
kào
Top: announce (cow opens mouth to announce sth.), bottom: deny (wings in contrary)
The cow announces that it wants to lean on the wings.
JLPT HSK 5
coarse (in texture), rough
cāo
Left: rice , right: to manufacture, build, construct 造 (The movement announces that sth. shall be built.)
(No joke: Rice was used in the mortar of the Chinese Wall) Rice is suitable for construction, when it is coarse.
JLPT HSK 6
ruthless, cruel, harsh, strong (e.g. of wine)

Left: wine mug , right: announce (cow opens mouth )
After the mug of wine was his announcement: harsh and ruthless.
JLPT no HSK
grand, vast (water)
hào
Left: water , right: to announce (The cow opens the mouth to announce sth.)
About the water it is announced, if it is vast.
JLPT no HSK
bright, luminous, white (i.e. teeth or white hair)
hào
Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white), right: announce (The cow opens the mouth to announce sth.)
A 'white' that is announced is bright and luminous.
JLPT no HSK
cellar
jiào
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: to announce (cow opens mouth )
If a hole is worth to be announced, then it is a cellar.
JLPT no HSK
to order, admonish, grant (a title), inform
gào
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: announce (cow opens mouth )
Words that announce are an order.

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