宣 declare publicly, proclaim, announce; to state aloud, to be pleased to mention; open for business 宀,亘,㝉,旦,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

セン
SE　N

Kun-yomi

のたま(う
no　ta　ma　u

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

宀

ベン,メン,× surround from above, deliberately out-of-reach, at home, roofed area

　SURROUND, COVERED ALL SIDES from above (marker)
　

亘

コウ,カン,わた,もと extending all the way across, from one side to the opposite side, spanning the full range, special request, to cross over from one side to the opposite side; full service, accepting all comers

　THREE, MANY RODS sequentially in ORIFICE, MOUTH
…or: ROD with TONGUING MOUTH and with another ROD
…or: ARRAY, LINE UP of TONGUING MOUTHS
…or: TWO with a TONGUING MOUTH, HAVING A REASON TO DO SOMETHING, A PRETEXT GIVEN TO HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR SOMETHING, ROD WITHIN ORIFICE OR MOUTH
…or: ROD and FEMALE ROLE, HUSBAND, BROTHEL CLIENT, DAWNING, AN AWAKENING, ON THE VERGE, ON THE EDGE, LORD BRAGGART CHUTZPAH, GALLING
　

㝉

× calm and peaceful; rather…, prefer… (used as a term of comparison), cause to stand, being within a vestibule

　DELIBERATELY OUT-OF-REACH, AT HOME and ONE
…or: DELIBERATELY OUT-OF-REACH, AT HOME with LATERAL RECIPROCATING ROD MOTIONS
　

旦

タン,ダン,あき,あきら,ただし,あさ,あした on the verge, on the edge, feudal lord, braggart, chutzpah, gall, husband, brothel client, female role, dawn, dawning, an awakening

　SUN above HORIZON
…or: TONGUING MOUTH ARRAY
　

Meanings of elements

SURROUND FROM ABOVE, DELIBERATELY OUT-OF-REACH with EXTENDING ALL THE WAY ACROSS, FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE, SPANNING THE FULL RANGE, SPECIAL REQUEST
…or: CALM AND PEACEFUL, RATHER…, PREFER…, CAUSE TO STAND, BEING WITHIN A VESTIBULE with ON THE VERGE, ON THE EDGE, FEUDAL LORD BRAGGART, CHUTZPAH GALL, HUSBAND BROTHEL CLIENT, FEMALE ROLE, DAWNING, AN AWAKENING
…or: DELIBERATELY with MANY RODS sequentially in ORIFICE

「From above, out of reach」and「spanning the whole range, side to side」from「edge to edge, time and time again, with tongue in mouth, speaking」that may refer to messengers as town criers standing on a podium or dais behind a lectern with a DECLARATION or a PROCLAMATION from the lord of the fief during an age without smart phones and tweeters. Elements 亘 and 且 are often swappable, as they are in 萱 and 萓.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: to declare (publicly); to announce
Japanese: to say, to be pleased to say, to announce, to declare, to state, to express, to mention
Unihan extended: declare, announce, proclaim
EDRDG: proclaim; say; announce

Used within names (nanori)
とおる　･　のぶ　･　のぼる　･　のり　･　ひさ　･　よし

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.