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Kanji Detail for 宣 - "to declare, imperial"

宣

  • Meaning

    宣 means "to declare, imperial." Also associated with to spread.

    1. Declare - To announce; to proclaim.

    2. Spread - To disseminate; to make known.

    3. Imperial - The emperor's words; a decree.

  • Words using 宣

    • 宣言 せんげん Listen declaration; proclamation; announcement
    • 宣告 せんこく Listen sentence; verdict; pronouncement
    • 街宣車 がいせんしゃ Listen sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda); loudspeaker van; (right-wing) propaganda vehicle
    • 宣誓 せんせい Listen oath; abjuration; pledge
    • 宣戦 せんせん Listen declaration of war
    • 宣教師 せんきょうし Listen missionary
    • 緊急事態宣言 きんきゅうじたいせんげん Listen declaration of a state of emergency

  • Four-character idioms with 宣

    • 宣戦布告 せんせんふこく Listen declaration of war; proclamation of war

  • Tattoo check: 宣

    • Verified meaning: to declare, imperial
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, しめす, せん, せんじ)
    • Also carries these associations: to spread

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 宣

    Given names 宣(あきら)Listen 宣(しめす)Listen 宣(せん)Listen 宣(とおる)Listen 宣(のぶ)Listen 宣(のぶる)Listen 宣(のぼる)Listen 宣(ひろむ)Listen

    Surnames 宣(せんじ)Listen 宣(そん)Listen 宣(よしひろ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    proclaim; say; announce

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    declare, announce, proclaim

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xuan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Great. Such as 宣室, meaning a great chamber. Hence a jade disc of six inches is also called 宣. Commonly written as 瑄. | Widespread; to spread. 宣布 means reaching everywhere. Also used for the meaning of announcing. Such as broadcasting to the masses is called 宣言. | To promulgate. Such as 宣詔, 宣麻. Hence transmitting imperial commands is also called 宣召, 傳宣. | Through. (Book of Odes) "People who are wise and understanding." Meaning thoroughly intelligent. Now, medicinal properties that disperse stagnation are called 宣散, 宣肺. | To clearly show. Such as 宣示, 宣淫. Meaning without concealment. | To exert effort is 宣. Such as 宣勞, 宣力. Meaning fully exerting one's strength. | At the end of letters, writing 不宣 is like "incomplete," meaning cannot fully express everything.

  • Onyomi

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    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

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    notama.u(のたま-う) のたま-う

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    declare spread imperial dispatch manifest permeate proclaim announce broadcast circulate communicate disclose disseminate express herald promulgate pronounce publicize reveal

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