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Chinese symbol for “disseminate”

宣传
xuān chuán
Traditional: 宣傳
to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disseminate is 宣传 (xuān chuán), defined as: to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

宣 xuān
to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes
传 chuán
to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “disseminate”

WordPinyinMeaning
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
散布 (散佈)sàn bùto disseminate
流liúto flow; to disseminate
散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc)
传布 (傳布)chuán bùto spread; to propagate; to disseminate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 宣传.

WordPinyinMeaning
宣布 (宣佈)xuān bùvariant of 宣布 (xuān bù)
宣言xuān yándeclaration; manifesto
宣告xuān gàoto declare; to proclaim
宣称 (宣稱)xuān chēngto assert; to claim
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传说 (傳說)chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
上传 (上傳)shàng chuánto upload

See also: Japanese symbol for “disseminate”.

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.