surname Xuan

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a big billboard.

There's a big billboard on top of the anthill announcing its new contrail school. Xu Xian just graduated and wearing his graduation cap, he swoops into the air, leaving a contrail outlining a graduation cap. He is so happy he even writes something on the billboard to let everyone know: "I made it!!!"
to declare (publicly) / to announce

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a big billboard.

There's a big billboard on top of the anthill announcing its new contrail school. Xu Xian just graduated and wearing his graduation cap, he swoops into the air, leaving a contrail outlining a graduation cap. He is so happy he even writes something on the billboard to let everyone know: "I made it!!!"

宣 character breakdown

extending all the way across / running all the way through

= + : Mnemonic symbol: in this character the sun goes from horizon to horizon, and thus I choose to represent it by a contrail.

Guy Fawkes wants to find out where contrails really come from, so he follows one until he arrives at the encampment's bathroom. There he finds that the sun was experimenting with a capacitor. She blew the capacitor up accidentally, resulting in lots of smoke, which then formed this contrail.
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.

Characters with 宣 as component

clamor / noise
variant of 喧[xuan1] / old variant of 諼|谖[xuan1]
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
old variant of 萱[xuan1]
old variant of 萱[xuan1]
old variant of 萱[xuan1]
old variant of 萱[xuan1]
ornamental piece of jade
wash (color)
variant of 暄[xuan1]
genial and warm

= + : Xu Xian (xu) likes to hang out on a big billboard (宣) in front of the anthill (an1) because it gets so nice and warm (暄) when the sun (日) shines on it.
well-being
spade / hoe

Words with 宣

to disseminate / to give publicity to / propaganda / CL:個|个[ge4]
commercial brochure / advertising pamphlet / flyer
propaganda poster / advertising hoarding
to promote / to publicize
Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 shi4], Hebei / Xuanhua county in Zhangjiakou
Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 shi4], Hebei
reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪
(abbr. for 對外宣傳|对外宣传[dui4 wai4 xuan1 chuan2]) (one's own) international public relations efforts / (another nation's) external propaganda
(derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009)
official announcement (neologism c. 2018)

Sentences with 宣

qǐ
zòu
wàn
suì
 
 
su̅n
wù
ko̅ng
xiàn
yǐ
xua̅n
dào