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proclaim
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Kun readingのたま.う
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. proclaimRtK
  2. announce
  3. say
  1. declaration
  2. proclamation
  3. announcement

Popular Usage

宣伝

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · span · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · sun (日) · day (日) · one (一) · floor · one (一)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 200

Compound words

宣伝せんでん
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
本居宣長もとおりのりなが
Motoori Norinaga (1730–1801), Edo-period scholar who named the aesthetic idea of mono no aware.
宣言せんげん
declaration; proclamation; announcement
宣告せんこく
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
宣誓せんせい
oath; abjuration; pledge
宣戦せんせん
declaration of war
託宣たくせん
oracle; revelation; divine message
宣教師せんきょうし
missionary
街宣車がいせんしゃ
sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda); loudspeaker van; (right-wing) propaganda vehicle
緊急事態宣言きんきゅうじたいせんげん
declaration of a state of emergency
院宣いんぜん
imperial command (decree)
口宣こうせん
oral statement
宣教せんきょう
religious mission
勅宣ちょくせん
imperial decree
宣しくよろしく
well
宣べるのべる
to state
宣言書せんげんしょ
written declaration
共同宣言きょうどうせんげん
joint declaration
失踪宣告しっそうせんこく
court decision declaring a missing person legally dead
宣言発表せんげんはっぴょう
declaration
宣言するせんげんする
to declare; to announce
宣伝するせんでんする
to advertise; to promote

Additional Examples

彼は返済能力がないと宣告された。
He was declared insolvent.tatoeba
彼は自己宣伝に熱心だ。
He is intent on advertising himself.tatoeba
彼は死刑を宣告された。
He was condemned to death.tatoeba
彼は市長に宣誓就任した。
He was sworn in as mayor.tatoeba
宣伝部長 都村健
Advertising manager: Ken TSUMURAwiki
宣伝の才もあった。
He was talented on advertisement.wiki

Stroke Order

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