Kanji N3

告: revelation, tell, inform

告 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning revelation, tell, inform, written with 7 strokes. It is read コク (on) and つげる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 報告 (ほうこく, report) and 広告 (こうこく, advertisement).

告

Meanings

  • revelation
  • tell
  • inform
  • announce
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#188 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つげる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 告

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 報告ほうこく

    report; information

    JLPT N3
  • 広告こうこく

    advertisement; advertising

    JLPT N3
  • 警告けいこく

    warning; caution; admonition

    JLPT N3
  • 申告しんこく

    report; return (e.g. tax); statement

    JLPT N1
  • 勧告かんこく

    advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation

    JLPT N1
  • 告白こくはく

    confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 告げるつげる

    to tell; to inform; to announce

    JLPT N1
  • 布告ふこく

    edict; ordinance; proclamation

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.