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announce, to tell 告
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| Explanation |
announce, to tell, to inform, to say
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Used in these characters:
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告
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| announce, to tell, to inform, to say
gào
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告
牛
口
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Top: cow 牛, below: mouth 口
The cow opens the mouth to announce something.
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造
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to manufacture, to build, to invent
zào
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辶
告
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Left: movement 辶, right: announce, proclaim 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
The movements announce that something shall be manufactured.
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靠
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to lean against or on, to stand by the side of, to depend on
kào
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告
非
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Top: announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口 to announce sth.), bottom: deny 非 (wings 羽 in contrary)
The cow announces that it wants to lean on the wings.
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糙
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| coarse (in texture), rough
cāo
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米
辶
告
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Left: rice 米, right: to manufacture, build, construct 造 (The movement 辶 announces 告 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.
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酷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ruthless, cruel, harsh, strong (e.g. of wine)
kù
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酉
告
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
After the mug of wine was his announcement: harsh and ruthless.
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浩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| grand, vast (water)
hào
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氵
告
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Left: water 氵, right: to announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
About the water it is announced, if it is vast.
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皓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bright, luminous, white (i.e. teeth or white hair)
hào
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白
告
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Left: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), right: announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
A 'white' that is announced is bright and luminous.
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窖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cellar
jiào
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穴
告
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Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: to announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
If a hole is worth to be announced, then it is a cellar.
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诰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to order, admonish, grant (a title), inform
gào
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讠
告
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Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
Words that announce are an order.
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