The Chinese word **讣告 (fùgào)**, meaning "obituary" or "death notice," is a compound word formed through a logical semantic combination of its two constituent characters. The first character, **讣 (fù)**, historically derived from the character **赴 (fù**, meaning "to go to"), was specifically created to represent the act of *rushing to inform others of a death*. The second character, **告 (gào)**, simply means "to tell" or "to announce." Therefore, the term is constructed by combining the concept of "death announcement" (讣) with the general act of "informing" (告), creating a precise noun that denotes the formal notice itself. This follows a common Chinese word-formation pattern where two semantically related characters are joined to create a new, more specific meaning.