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Kanji Detail for 宣 - "declare, announce, spread"
宣
- Meaning
宣 means "declare, announce, spread."
Declare - To announce; to proclaim.
Spread - To disseminate; to make known.
Imperial - The emperor's words; a decree.
- 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.
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