宣

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See also: 宜 and 冝
宣 U+5BA3, 宣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BA3
← 客
[U+5BA2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 室 →
[U+5BA4]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

宣 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十一日一 (JMAM), four-corner 30106, composition ⿱宀亘)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 284, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 562, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 923, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5BA3

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 宣
2nd round simp. 㝉
alternative forms 𠖚 historical
𡨈 historical
𡩦 historical
𡪏 historical
亘

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 宣
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (亘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烜 *qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆 *qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘 *ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟 *ɡoːn
絙 *ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁 *ɡoːn
宣 *sqʰon
咺 *qʰonʔ
暅 *qʰonʔ
桓 *ɡʷaːn
洹 *ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎 *sqʰʷan
愃 *sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄 *sqʰʷan
渲 *sqʰʷans
喧 *qʰʷan
萱 *qʰʷan
暄 *qʰʷan
諠 *qʰʷan
翧 *qʰʷan
蝖 *qʰʷan
垣 *ɢʷan
楦 *qʰʷans

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • suang1 - Shantou;
  • suêng1 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 宣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 須緣切
Baxter sjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/swian/
Li
Rong 		/siuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/sĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/si̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		syun1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xuān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sjwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-qʷar/
English spread (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宣
Reading # 1/1
No. 3954
Phonetic
component 		亘
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		宣
Old
Chinese 		/*sqʰon/

Definitions[edit]

宣

  1. (literary or in compounds) to declare; to announce; to proclaim
    宣言  ―  xuānyán  ―  declaration
    宣誓  ―  xuānshì  ―  oath
    1. (archaic) to command (from a sovereign to a subject)
  2. (literary) to spread; to diffuse; to circulate
    1. widespread; in wide circulation
    2. to drain (liquid)
  3. (Internet slang) to like (contraction of 喜歡／喜欢 (xǐhuan))

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

宣

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. proclaim, announce
  2. say

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
宣
せん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 宣 (MC sjwen).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

宣(せん) • (sen) 

  1. proclamation (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonym: 宣旨 (senji)

Verb[edit]

宣(せん)する • (sen suru) suru (stem 宣(せん)し (sen shi), past 宣(せん)した (sen shita))

  1. declare (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonym: 宣言する (sengen suru)

Proper noun[edit]

宣(せん) • (Sen) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

宣 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn)

1. To declare, to give, to bestow.

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

宣: Hán Nôm readings: tuyên

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