宣泄
xuān xiè · HSK 7
to unburden oneself
🌊 宣 declare + 泄 leak/drain = let it out: vent feelings or spill a secret
宣 means to announce or proclaim; 泄 means to leak or drain off water. Together the sense is releasing what was held back, whether draining floodwater, venting bottled-up emotion, or letting a secret slip out.
泄 — water radical 氵 + 世 (generation/world)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 氵 gives the water meaning while 世 supplies the sound. The original sense was water leaking or flowing out, which extended figuratively to 'leak out' (secrets, air) and 'discharge' or 'vent' (emotions, frustration).