Chinese symbol for “declaration”
宣言
xuān yán
declaration; manifesto
The closest CC-CEDICT match for declaration is 宣言 (xuān yán), defined as: declaration; manifesto.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “declaration”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state; to declare |
| 表白 | biǎo bái | to explain oneself; to express |
| 声名 (聲名) | shēng míng | reputation; declaration |
| 声言 (聲言) | shēng yán | to state; to declare; pronouncement; declaration |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宣言.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 宣传 (宣傳) | xuān chuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to |
| 宣告 | xuān gào | to declare; to proclaim |
| 宣称 (宣稱) | xuān chēng | to assert; to claim |
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 而言 | ér yán | (typically preceded by 就… (jiù xx) or 对… (duì xx) etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ... |
| 发言 (發言) | fā yán | to make a speech; statement |
| 言论 (言論) | yán lùn | expression of opinion; views |
See also: Japanese symbol for “declaration”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.