伝

See also: 傳

Translingual

Traditional	傳
Shinjitai	伝
Simplified	传

Han character

伝 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一一戈 (OMMI) or 難人一一戈 (XOMMI), four-corner 2123₁, composition ⿰亻云)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 96, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 462
• Dae Jaweon: page 204, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 117, character 16
• Unihan data for U+4F1D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		伝

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yún (yun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yún
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yún
    • Wade–Giles: yün²
    • Yale: yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
    • Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 伝

1. Only used in 伝伝.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C00082

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Japanese

Shinjitai	伝
Kyūjitai	傳

Glyph origin

Simplified from 傳 (專 → 云). Compare 転 from 轉.

Kanji

伝

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 傳)

1. summon
2. propagate, transmit

Readings

• Go-on: でん (den, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: てん (ten)
• Kun: つたわる (tsutawaru, 伝わる, Jōyō)^{←つたはる (tutafaru, 伝はる, historical)}; つたえる (tsutaeru, 伝える, Jōyō)^{←つたへる (tutaferu, 伝へる, historical)}; つたう (tsutau, 伝う, Jōyō)^{←つたふ (tutafu, 伝ふ, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 伝音器
• 伝家
• 伝奇
• 伝記
• 伝言
• 伝授
• 伝承
• 伝説
• 伝線
• 伝染
• 伝送
• 伝達
• 伝単
• 伝導
• 伝統
• 伝道
• 伝播
• 伝馬
• 伝票
• 伝聞
• 伝来
• 伝令
• 伝世
• 伝動
• 伝受
• 伝唱, 伝誦
• 伝声器
• 伝声管
• 伝奏
• 伝手
• 伝搬
• 伝書鳩
• 伝法
• 伝習

 

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
伝
でん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
傳 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 傳 (MC drjwen|drjwenH|trjwenH).

Noun

伝(でん) • (den) 

1. legend, tradition
2. biography
3. way, method
4. horseback transportation-communication system under ritsuryō

Synonyms

• (biography): 伝(でん)記(き) (denki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
伝
つて Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
傳 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 伝 – see the following entry.

【つてツテ】 [noun] connection, pull

(This term, 伝, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

伝 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Zhuang

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 云.

Noun

伝

1. Sawndip form of vunz (“person”)