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Chinese symbol for “publicize”

宣扬
xuān yáng
Traditional: 宣揚
to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide

The closest CC-CEDICT match for publicize is 宣扬 (xuān yáng), defined as: to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide.

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
扬 yáng
to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
radical 64 ⼿ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “publicize”

WordPinyinMeaning
广播 (廣播)guǎng bōbroadcast; 个 (gè)
宣发 (宣發)xuān fāto promote; to publicize; to market
宣介xuān jièto promote; to publicize
揄扬 (揄揚)yú yángto praise; to extol

Related words

Other words that share a character with 宣扬.

WordPinyinMeaning
宣布 (宣佈)xuān bùvariant of 宣布 (xuān bù)
宣传 (宣傳)xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to
宣言xuān yándeclaration; manifesto
宣告xuān gàoto declare; to proclaim
宣称 (宣稱)xuān chēngto assert; to claim
赞扬 (讚揚)zàn yángto praise; to approve of
弘扬 (弘揚)hóng yángto enhance; to promote
发扬 (發揚)fā yángto develop; to make full use of

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.

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