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Chinese symbol for “denunciation”

控诉
kòng sù
Traditional: 控訴
to accuse; to denounce; to make a complaint against; denunciation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for denunciation is 控诉 (kòng sù), defined as: to accuse; to denounce; to make a complaint against; denunciation.

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Characters and stroke order

控 kòng
to accuse, to charge; to control; to sue
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
诉 sù
to accuse, to sue; to inform; to narrate
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 控诉.

WordPinyinMeaning
控制kòng zhìto control
监控 (監控)jiān kòngto monitor
指控zhǐ kòngaccusation; a (criminal) charge
控股kòng gǔto own a controlling number of shares in a company
控告kòng gàoto accuse; to charge; to indict
失控shī kòngto go out of control
告诉 (告訴)gào sùto press charges; to file a complaint
起诉 (起訴)qǐ sùto sue; to bring a lawsuit against

See also: Japanese symbol for “denunciation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.