告 — to say; to tell; to announce
to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
- Pinyin
- gào
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 告: 7 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 告 in the HSK syllabus: 21
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 告诉gàosuto tell; to inform; to let knowHSK 2
- 广告guǎnggàoto advertise; a commercial; advertisementHSK 4
- 报告bàogàoto inform; to report; to make known; report; speechHSK 5
- 告别gàobiéto leave; to part fromHSK 5
- 转告zhuǎngàoto pass on; to communicate; to transmitHSK 5
- 公告gōnggàopost; announcementHSK 6
- 警告jǐnggàoto warn; to admonishHSK 6
- 被告bèigàothe defendant; the accusedHSK 7–9
- 告gàoto say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounceHSK 7–9
- 告辞gàocíto say goodbye; to take one's leaveHSK 7–9
- 告诫gàojièto warn; to admonishHSK 7–9
- 告示gàoshiannouncementHSK 7–9
- 告知gàozhīto inform; to notifyHSK 7–9
- 告状gàozhuàngto tell on sb; to complain; to bring a lawsuitHSK 7–9
- 控告kònggàoto accuse; to charge; to indictHSK 7–9
- 劝告quàngàoto advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; adviceHSK 7–9
- 通告tōnggàoto announce; to give notice; announcementHSK 7–9
- 宣告xuāngàoto declare; to proclaimHSK 7–9
- 预告yùgàoto forecast; to predict; advance noticeHSK 7–9
- 原告yuángàocomplainant; plaintiffHSK 7–9
- 忠告zhōnggàoto give sb a word of adviceHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.