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 assert / to claim
to proclaim / to make public or well known
to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret
Xuanhan county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan
Xuanhan county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan
Xuanwu district of central Beijing
Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
Xuan'en County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
Xuan'en County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
to preach a religion

Sentences with 宣

qǐ
zòu
wàn
suì
 
 
su̅n
wù
ko̅ng
xiàn
yǐ
xua̅n
dào