Wiktionary

宣

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
 

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: 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.
  • Wu
    • 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. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), 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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