Chinese symbol for “propaganda”
宣传
xuān chuán
Traditional: 宣傳
to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for propaganda is 宣传 (xuān chuán), defined as: to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “propaganda”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宣传.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 宣言 | xuān yán | declaration; manifesto |
| 宣告 | xuān gào | to declare; to proclaim |
| 宣称 (宣稱) | xuān chēng | to assert; to claim |
| 传统 (傳統) | chuán tǒng | tradition; traditional |
| 传播 (傳播) | chuán bō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 传说 (傳說) | chuán shuō | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 上传 (上傳) | shàng chuán | to upload |
See also: Japanese symbol for “propaganda”.
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.