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■ radical

xuān

to proclaim

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 亘 represents the sound.

meaning

roof

sound

extending all the way across; continuous The pronunciation of 宣 was similar to 亘 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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