The Chinese Radical: 告




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Meaning
announce, to tell    告

Explanation announce, to tell, to inform, to say

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
announce, to tell, to inform, to say
gào
Top: cow 牛, below: mouth 口
The cow opens the mouth to announce something.  
HSK 5
to manufacture, to build, to invent
zào
Left: movement 辶, right: announce, proclaim 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
The movements announce that something shall be manufactured.  
HSK 5
to lean against or on, to stand by the side of, to depend on
kào
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.  
HSK 5
coarse (in texture), rough
cāo
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.  
HSK 6
ruthless, cruel, harsh, strong (e.g. of wine)

Left: wine mug 酉, right: announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
After the mug of wine was his announcement: harsh and ruthless.  
no HSK
grand, vast (water)
hào
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.  
no HSK
bright, luminous, white (i.e. teeth or white hair)
hào
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.  
no HSK
cellar
jiào
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.  
no HSK
to order, admonish, grant (a title), inform
gào
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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