宣 — proclaim, say, announce

せん宣 proclaim

せん

U+5BA3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #695 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #200 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

proclaim
say
announce

Readings

On'yomi: せん sen
Kun'yomi: のたま notama

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せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

宣(せん) sen declare 宣(せん) 言(げん) sengen declaration 宣(せん) 伝(でん) senden publicity 宣(せん) 告(こく) senkoku sentence 宣(せん) 戦(せん) sensen declaration of war 街(がい) 宣(せん) 車(しゃ) gaisensha sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda) 宣(せん) 誓(せい) sensei oath 緊(きん) 急(きゅう) 事(じ) 態(たい) 宣(せん) 言(げん) kinkyuujitaisengen declaration of a state of emergency

Words by frequency and grade

8 words

Each dot is a word containing 宣: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

宀 roof

亘 span

Used as component in (1)

けん喧 noisy

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#40 宀 roof