宣
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to declare (publicly); to announce
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How 宣 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A palace, where proclamations are made
components: 宀 亘
How to remember it
proclaim · Heisig RSH #195
house + 旦 daybreak + sun — as a component also called: sunrise, sunset
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 宣 as their sound component
These characters all use 宣 (xuān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣 sound component | xuān | to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname |
| 喧 | xuān | lively, noisy; to clamor, to talk loudly |
| 萱 | xuān | day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva |
| 楦 | xuàn | shoe last; to stretch a shoe; to turn a lathe |
| 暄 | xuān | warm, genial; comfortable |
| 揎 | xuān | to pull up one's sleeves; to prepare to fight |
| 渲 | xuàn | to render; to exaggerate, to embellish, to add layers of color |
| 煊 | xuān | warm |
| 瑄 | xuān | ornamental jade |
Words containing 宣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世界人权宣言 | Shì jiè Rén quán Xuān yán | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| 不宣而战 | bù xuān ér zhàn | open hostilities without declaring war; start an undeclared war |
| 宣化区 | Xuān huà Qū | Xuanhua, a district of Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 中国共产党中央委员会宣传部 | Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huì Xuān chuán bù | Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China |
| 大外宣 | dà wài xuān | (derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009) |
| 宣城市 | Xuān chéng Shì | Xuancheng, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] |
| 宣州区 | Xuān zhōu Qū | Xuanzhou, a district of Xuancheng City 宣城市[Xuan1 cheng2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 心照不宣 | xīn zhào bù xuān | to have a tacit understanding |
| 武宣县 | Wǔ xuān Xiàn | Wuxuan, a county in Laibin City 來賓市|来宾市[Lai2 bin1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 中共中央宣传部 | Zhōng gòng Zhōng yāng Xuān chuán bù | Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China |
| 中宣部 | Zhōng Xuān bù | Publicity Department of the CCP (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 c… |
| 宣布破产 | xuān bù pò chǎn | to declare bankruptcy |
| 文宣部 | wén xuān bù | propaganda department |
| 宣武门 | Xuān wǔ mén | Xuanwumen, Beijing |
| 广告宣传车 | guǎng gào xuān chuán chē | mobile billboard |
| 宣汉县 | Xuān hàn Xiàn | Xuanhan, a county in Dazhou City 達州市|达州市[Da2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 照本宣科 | zhào běn xuān kē | a wooden word-by-word reading |
| 共产党宣言 | Gòng chǎn dǎng Xuān yán | Manifesto of the Communist Party; "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels… |
| 独立宣言 | dú lì xuān yán | Declaration of Independence |
| 单方宣告 | dān fāng xuān gào | unilateral declaration |