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Chinese symbol for “proclamation”

文告
wén gào
written statement; proclamation; announcement

The closest CC-CEDICT match for proclamation is 文告 (wén gào), defined as: written statement; proclamation; announcement.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

文 wén
culture, literature, writing
radical 67 ⽂ · 4 strokes
告 gào
to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 文告.

WordPinyinMeaning
文化wén huàculture; civilization
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
文件wén jiàndocument; file
文学 (文學)wén xuéliterature
文明wén míngcivilized; civilization
文字wén zìcharacter; script
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
告诉 (告訴)gào sùto press charges; to file a complaint

See also: Japanese symbol for “proclamation”.

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.