宣 xuān
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 亘 to extend across, through
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
宣传
xuānchuán
to promote; to publicize
Characters in this word
传 chuán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 专 concentrated, specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们宣传活动。 Wǒ men xuān chuán huó dòng. We promote the activity.
- 学校宣传环保。 Xué xiào xuān chuán huán bǎo. The school promotes environmental protection.
- 他在宣传新书。 Tā zài xuān chuán xīn shū. He is promoting a new book.
Related words
- 宣布 xuānbù to announce
- 传 chuán to pass on; to spread
- 传播 chuánbō to spread; to transmit
- 传来 chuánlái to come through; to be heard
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 遗传 yíchuán heredity; to be inherited
- 传达 chuándá to pass on a message
- 传递 chuándì to pass; to transmit
- 传真 chuánzhēn fax
- 公开 gōngkāi public; open