Chinese symbol for “vow”
宣示
xuān shì
to vow; to pledge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vow is 宣示 (xuān shì), defined as: to vow; to pledge.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发愿 (發願) | fā yuàn | to vow |
| 愿 (願) | yuàn | (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing |
| 赌咒发誓 (賭咒發誓) | dǔ zhòu fā shì | to vow |
| 誓言 | shì yán | to pledge; to promise |
| 矢志 (矢誌) | shǐ zhì | to take an oath to do sth; to pledge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宣示.
| 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 |
| 宣言 | xuān yán | declaration; manifesto |
| 宣告 | xuān gào | to declare; to proclaim |
| 宣称 (宣稱) | xuān chēng | to assert; to claim |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show; to illustrate |
| 展示 | zhǎn shì | to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vow”.
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.