通 tōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 甬 path
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
通告
tōnggào
notice; announcement; to announce
Characters in this word
告 gào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 市政府发布通告，要求低洼地区居民提前转移。 Shì zhèngfǔ fābù tōnggào, yāoqiú dīwā dìqū jūmín tíqián zhuǎnyí. The city government issued a notice requiring residents in low-lying areas to evacuate in advance.
- 学校发出通告，下周一开始放暑假。 Xuéxiào fāchū tōnggào, xiàzhōu yī kāishǐ fàng shǔjià. The school issued a notice that the summer holidays start next Monday.
- 公司通告全体员工，明天上午九点开会。 Gōngsī tōnggào quántǐ yuángōng, míngtiān shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn kāihuì. The company notified all employees that there will be a meeting tomorrow at nine in the morning.
Related words
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 普通 pǔtōng ordinary
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 通 tōng to be open; to connect
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 通知 tōngzhī to notify; notice
- 通常 tōngcháng usually
- 通信 tōngxìn communication; to correspond
- 通知书 tōngzhīshū written notice
- 沟通 gōutōng to communicate
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 通用 tōngyòng general use; universal