诰
gào

inform

To verbally 讠 inform 告; 告 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
告
告 SoundMeaning component
gào tell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誥 inform Traditional

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkawHkˤuk-sannounce, inform
Zhengzhangkuːɡs
Unicodegɑ̀u

說文解字

告也。从言告聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)