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宣 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「宀」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
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Meaning
to proclaim; declare

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

宀 "house" over 亘 "to go all round"; announcing widely from within the hall — hence "to proclaim."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen宣言せんげん宣誓せんせい宣伝せんでん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 宣言せんげん

    declaration

  • 宣伝せんでん

    publicity; advertising

More words with this kanji

  • 宣誓せんせい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

運動(うんどう)会(かい)の開会(かいかい)を宣言(せんげん)した。

The opening of the sports day was declared.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 宀Map of reading センAll maps

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