宣

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to declare (publicly); to announce

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 9
Radical: 宀 +6
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 宣
Common rank: #1,075
Unicode: U+5BA3

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Formation & memory

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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.

Words with 宣

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

Sound family

These characters use 宣 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
宣 sound part	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