告 — revelation, tell, inform

つげる告 revelation

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes communication

U+544A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #188 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #262 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

revelation
tell
inform
announce

word

つ tsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

告(つ) げる tsugeru to tell

こく koku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

広(こう) 告(こく) koukoku advertisement 原(げん) 告(こく) genkoku plaintiff 申(しん) 告(こく) shinkoku declaration 告(こく) 白(はく) kokuhaku confession 告(こく) 知(ち) kokuchi notice 予(よ) 告(こく) yokoku advance notice 告(こく) 発(はつ) kokuhatsu accusation 通(つう) 告(こく) tsuukoku notice

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

うし牛 cow #93

くち口 mouth #30

Used as component in (2)

つくる造 create ひどい酷 cruel

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth