宣布
xuānbù · HSK 3
announce
📢 宣 (declare) + 布 (spread) = spread the declaration
宣 means to declare or proclaim; 布 means cloth, but also to spread or disseminate. Together they describe formally putting out an announcement — declaring something and spreading the word.
布 — hand 手 (as 𠂇) + cloth 巾
Originally a pictograph of woven cloth held in a hand, combining a hand element (𠂇) with 巾 'cloth/towel'. The core meaning 'cloth' was extended to 'spread out, display' (as cloth is unfurled), giving modern senses like 'announce' and 'arrange'.