傳

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See also: 传 and 伝
傳 U+50B3, 傳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50B3
← 傲
[U+50B2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 傴 →
[U+50B4]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 傳
Shinjitai 伝
Simplified 传

Han character[edit]

傳 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人十戈戈 (OJII), four-corner 25243, composition ⿰亻專)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 114, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1019
  • Dae Jaweon: page 243, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 208, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+50B3

Chinese[edit]

trad. 傳
simp. 传
alternative forms 𫝊
𠇇

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 傳
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script
傳-oracle.svg 傳-bronze.svg 傳-bronze-warring.svg 傳-silk.svg 傳-slip.svg 傳-seal.svg 傳-bigseal.svg 傳-clerical.svg
Oracle bone script
ACC-j19038.svg

j19038

Bronze inscriptions
ACC-b12365.svg

b12365

ACC-b12366.svg

b12366

ACC-b12367.svg

b12367

ACC-b12368.svg

b12368

ACC-b12369.svg

b12369

Small seal script
ACC-s05817.svg

s05817

Transcribed ancient scripts
ACC-L36755.svg

L36755

ACC-L23142.svg

L23142

ACC-L23143.svg

L23143

ACC-L23144.svg

L23144

ACC-L23145.svg

L23145

ACC-L23146.svg

L23146

ACC-L23147.svg

L23147

ACC-L23148.svg

L23148

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (專) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
竱 *toːn, *tjonʔ
團 *doːn
摶 *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿 *doːn, *tjon
慱 *doːn
剸 *doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟 *doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙 *doːn
鷒 *doːn, *tjon
轉 *tonʔ, *tons
傳 *tons, *don, *dons
囀 *tons
縳 *donʔ, *dons
專 *tjon
磚 *tjon
甎 *tjon
塼 *tjon
嫥 *tjon
膞 *tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄 *tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴 *djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tons, *don, *dons): semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to 轉 (OC *tonʔ, *tons, “to turn around; to transfer”); see there for more.

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • tióng - only in the sense “to spread; to disseminate; to tell”.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • thoân/toân/chhoân - literary;
    • tn̂g/thn̂g/thûiⁿ - vernacular.
    Note:
    • tuêng5 - literary (Chaozhou);
    • tuang5 - literary (Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang);
    • deng5 - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 傳
    Reading # 1/3
    Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
    Final (韻) 仙 (80)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) Chongniu III
    Fanqie 直攣切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɖˠiuᴇn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɖʷᵚiɛn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȡiuæn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɖwian/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȡjuɛn/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȡĭwɛn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȡʱi̯wɛn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		chuán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		cyun4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 傳
    Reading # 1/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		chuán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ drjwen ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*m-tron/
    English transmit

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 傳
    Reading # 2/3
    No. 17678
    Phonetic
    component         		專
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		椽
    Old
    Chinese         		/*don/
    Definitions[edit]

    傳

    1. to transfer; to deliver; to transmit; to pass on
      傳球 / 传球  ―  chuánqiú  ―  to pass the ball
    2. to teach; to impart
    3. to pass down; to hand down
    4. to abdicate; to resign sovereign authority
    5. to express; to convey
    6. to summon; to call
    7. to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
      宣傳 / 宣传  ―  xuānchuán  ―  to promote; to publicise
    8. (physics) to conduct (electricity or heat)
    Compounds[edit]
    Derived terms from 傳
    Descendants[edit]
    Sino-Xenic (傳):
    • → Korean: 전 (傳, jeon)
    • → Vietnamese: truyền (傳)

    Others:

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Note:
    • zyun6-2 - “narrative; story; biography”.
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Rime
    Character 傳 傳
    Reading # 2/3 3/3
    Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 知 (9)
    Final (韻) 仙 (80) 仙 (80)
    Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division (等) Chongniu III Chongniu III
    Fanqie 直戀切 知戀切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɖˠiuᴇnH/ /ʈˠiuᴇnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɖʷᵚiɛnH/ /ʈʷᵚiɛnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȡiuænH/ /ȶiuænH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɖwianH/ /ʈwianH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȡjuɛnH/ /ȶjuɛnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȡĭwɛnH/ /ȶĭwɛnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȡʱi̯wɛnH/ /ȶi̯wɛnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhuàn zhuàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zyun6 zyun3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 傳 傳
    Reading # 2/3 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhuàn zhuàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ drjwenH › ‹ trjwenH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*N-tron-s/ /*tron-s/
    English what has been transmitted relay post

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 傳 傳
    Reading # 1/3 3/3
    No. 17676 17681
    Phonetic
    component         		專 專
    Rime
    group         		元 元
    Rime
    subdivision         		3 3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		囀 傳
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tons/ /*dons/
    Definitions[edit]

    傳

    1. (historical) relay station for transmitting documents
    2. (historical) stagecoach; post-chaise
    3. (historical, literature) a category of historical literary works
      1. historical narrative; record; chronicle; historical documents
      2. commentary; annotation
        《公羊傳》 / 《公羊传》  ―  “gōngyángzhuàn”  ―  Commentaries of Gongyang
      3. paracanonical work (any work that complements a canon or a canonical body of texts but not considered canonical by itself, often including the above)
        名不見經傳 / 名不见经传  ―  míngbùjiànjīngzhuàn  ―  to be a nobody (literally, "the name does not appear in canons or para-canons")
    4. (literature) biography; life story
      自傳 / 自传  ―  zìzhuàn  ―  autobiography
      列傳 / 列传  ―  lièzhuàn  ―  biographical historiography
    5. (historical, literature) novel or story written in the historical style
      《水滸傳》 / 《水浒传》  ―  “shuǐhǔzhuàn”  ―  Water Margin (novel)
    6. to write a biography
    Compounds[edit]
    Derived terms from 傳
    Descendants[edit]
    Sino-Xenic (傳):

    Others:

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 傳 – see 傅 (“tutor; teacher; to assist; etc.”).
    (This character, 傳, is a variant form of 傅.)

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    		伝

    Kyūjitai

    		傳

    Kanji[edit]

    傳

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 伝)

    1. summon
    2. propagate, transmit

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    傳 (eumhun 전할 전 (jeonhal jeon))

    1. Hanja form? of 전 (“transfer”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    傳: Hán Việt readings: truyền[1][2][3][4][5][6][7], truyện[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], truyến[3][6]
    傳: Nôm readings: chuyền[5][7][8], chuyện[1][2][5][8], chuyến[9], chiện[7]

    References[edit]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Génibrel (1898).
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bonet (1899).
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Thiều Chửu (1942).
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nguyễn (1974).
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Vũ (1998).
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Trần (1999).
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Hồ (1976).
    9. ^ Trần (2004).

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Verb[edit]

    傳 • (truyền)

    1. chữ Hán form of truyền (“to transmit, to transfer; to impart; to summon; to express”).

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    傳 • (truyện)

    1. chữ Hán form of truyện (“a story, a novel, a fiction book”).

    Etymology 3[edit]

    Verb[edit]

    傳 • (chuyền)

    1. Nôm form of chuyền (“to pass a ball”).

    Etymology 4[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    傳 • (chuyện)

    1. Nôm form of chuyện (“matters, affairs; a tale, a legend”).
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