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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

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Traditional 傳
Shinjitai 伝
Simplified 传

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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trad. 傳
simp. 传
alternative forms 𫝊
𠇇

Glyph origin

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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
j19038
b12365
b12366
b12367
b12368
b12369
s05817
Transcribed ancient scripts
L36755
L23142
L23143
L23144
L23145
L23146
L23147
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 / 形声, OC *tons, *don, *dons): semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • tióng - only in the sense “to spread; to disseminate; to tell”.
Note:
  • duei2/duinn2 - vernacular;
  • doeng2/dyoeng2 - literary.
Note:
  • thoân/toân - literary (“to transfer; to impart; to spread; to conduct (Mainland China); to summon with a subpoena”);
  • chhoân - variant influenced by Mandarin;
  • thn̂g/thûiⁿ - vernacular (“to pass to the next generation; to give birth”);
  • tn̂g - vernacular (“to give; to allow; by”).
Note:
  • tuêng5 - literary (Chaozhou);
  • tuang5 - literary (Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang);
  • deng5 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 傳
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直攣切
Baxter drjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖˠiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖʷᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖwian/
Li
Rong 		/ȡjuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭwɛn/
Bernhard
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

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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
    傳證人／传证人  ―  chuán zhèngrén  ―  to summon a witness
    快傳太醫！／快传太医！  ―  Kuài chuán tàiyī!  ―  Quick, call for the imperial physician!
  7. to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
    宣傳／宣传  ―  xuānchuán  ―  to promote; to publicise
    傳福音／传福音  ―  chuán fúyīn  ―  to spread the Gospel; to evangelize
  8. (physics) to conduct (electricity or heat)
  9. (Hokkien) to pass on to the next generation; to transmit to the offspring
  10. (Mainland China Hokkien) to give birth; to procreate; to have children
  11. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to give
  12. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to allow; to let; to permit
  13. (Quanzhou Hokkien) by
Synonyms
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  • (to prepare):
Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 予, 畀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 給
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 給
Taiwan 給
Malaysia 給
Singapore 給
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 給
Jinan 給
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 給
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 給
Wuhan 把, 把得, 給
Guilin 給
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 把, 給
Hefei 給
Cantonese Guangzhou 畀
Hong Kong 畀
Macau 畀
Taishan 畀
Dongguan 畀
Yangjiang 畀
Nanning 畀
Nanning (Tanka) 畀
Yulin 分
Baise 畀
Qinzhou 畀
Qinzhou (Changtan) 畀
Beihai 畀
Beihai (Nankang) 畀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 畀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 畀
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 畀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 畀
Penang (Guangfu) 畀
Singapore (Guangfu) 畀
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 畀
Móng Cái 畀
Gan Nanchang 把
Hakka Meixian 分
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 分
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 分
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 分
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 分
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 分
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 得
Kuching (Hepo) 分
Singapore (Meixian) 分
Singapore (Dabu) 分
Jin Taiyuan 給
Northern Min Jian'ou 吶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 乞
Southern Min Xiamen 予
Quanzhou 予, 傳
Zhangzhou 予
Zhao'an 予
Taipei 予
New Taipei (Sanxia) 予
Kaohsiung 予
Yilan 予
Changhua (Lukang) 予
Taichung 予
Taichung (Wuqi) 予
Tainan 予
Taitung 予
Hsinchu 予
Kinmen 予
Penghu (Magong) 予
Penang (Hokkien) 予
Singapore (Hokkien) 予
Manila (Hokkien) 予
Chaozhou 分, 乞
Shantou 分, 乞
Shantou (Chaoyang) 乞
Jieyang 分, 乞
Haifeng 分, 予
Singapore (Teochew) 分, 乞
Pontianak (Teochew) 分, 乞
Leizhou 乞
Wenchang 分
Haikou 要
Puxian Min Putian 乞
Wu Shanghai 撥, 撥辣
Suzhou 撥
Ningbo 撥
Wenzhou 匄
Xiang Changsha 把
Loudi 把
Dialectal synonyms of 被 (“by”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 被
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 讓, 叫, 給
Taiwan 讓, 叫, 給
Malaysia 被, 給
Singapore 被, 讓, 給
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 叫, 讓
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 叫
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 遭, 叫
Wuhan 把得
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 給, 把
Hefei 給, 叫
Cantonese Guangzhou 畀
Hong Kong 畀
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 畀
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 畀
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 畀
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 畀
Macau 畀
Guangzhou (Panyu) 畀
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 畀
Guangzhou (Conghua) 畀
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 畀
Foshan 畀
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 畀
Foshan (Shunde) 畀
Foshan (Sanshui) 畀
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 畀
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 畀
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 畀
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 畀
Zhuhai (Doumen) 畀
Jiangmen (Baisha) 畀
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 畀
Taishan 畀
Kaiping (Chikan) 畀
Enping (Niujiang) 畀
Heshan (Yayao) 畀
Dongguan 畀
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 畀
Shaoguan 畀
Yunfu 畀
Yangjiang 畀
Xinyi 畀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 畀
Singapore (Guangfu) 畀
Gan Nanchang 讓, 等
Hakka Meixian 分
Xingning 分
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 畀
Huiyang 分
Huidong (Daling) 分
Dongguan (Qingxi) 分
Boluo (Bendihua) 畀
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 分
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 畀
Wuhua (Huacheng) 分
Heyuan (Bendihua) 把
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 畀
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 把
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 分
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 分
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 分
Liannan 分
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 分
Jiexi 分
Changting 得
Wuping 得
Wuping (Pingyu) 得
Liancheng 給
Ninghua 分
Ruijin 得
Shicheng 得
Shangyou (Shexi) 討
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 分
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 分
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 分
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 分
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 分
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 得
Hong Kong 分
Senai (Huiyang) 分
Kuching (Hepo) 分
Jin Taiyuan 叫, 給
Northern Min Jian'ou 吶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 乞
Southern Min Xiamen 予, 乞
Quanzhou 予, 乞, 傳
Zhangzhou 予, 乞
Taipei 予
New Taipei (Sanxia) 予
Kaohsiung 予
Yilan 予
Changhua (Lukang) 予
Taichung 予
Tainan 予
Hsinchu 予
Kinmen 予
Penghu (Magong) 予
Singapore (Hokkien) 予
Manila (Hokkien) 予
Chaozhou 分, 乞
Shantou 分, 乞, 予
Shantou (Chaoyang) 乞
Jieyang 分, 乞
Singapore (Teochew) 分
Leizhou 乞
Haikou 要
Wu Shanghai 撥, 撥辣
Suzhou 撥, 撥勒
Ningbo 撥, 撥人家
Wenzhou 匄
Xiang Changsha 聽, 撈, 讓, 被
Shuangfeng 耗

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (傳):
  • → Korean: 전(傳) (jeon)
  • → Vietnamese: truyền (傳)

Others:

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • zyun6-2 - “narrative; story; biography”.
Note:
  • duei5/duinn5 - vernacular;
  • doeng5/dyoeng5 - literary.
Rime
Character 傳
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直戀切
Baxter drjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ȡjuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭwɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 傳
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhuàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ drjwenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*N-tron-s/
English what has been transmitted

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 # 3/3
No. 17681
Phonetic
component 		專
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		傳
Old
Chinese 		/*dons/

Definitions

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傳

  1. (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”)
  2. (literature) biography; life story
    自傳／自传  ―  zìzhuàn  ―  autobiography
    列傳／列传  ―  lièzhuàn  ―  biographical historiography
  3. (historical, literature) novel or story written in the historical style
    《水滸傳》／《水浒传》  ―  “Shuǐhǔzhuàn”  ―  Water Margin (novel)
  4. to write a biography

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (傳):

Others:

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 傳
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 知戀切
Baxter trjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ȶjuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭwɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 傳
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhuàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trjwenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tron-s/
English 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
Reading # 1/3
No. 17676
Phonetic
component 		專
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		囀
Old
Chinese 		/*tons/

Definitions

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傳

  1. (historical) relay station for transmitting documents
  2. (historical) stagecoach; post-chaise

Compounds

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Etymology 4

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Used in Hokkien dialect.

For pronunciation and definitions of 傳 – see 攢 (“to bend; to save; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 攢).

Etymology 5

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

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

伝

Kyūjitai

傳

Kanji

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傳

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 伝)

  1. summon
  2. propagate, transmit

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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傳 (eumhun 전(傳)할 전 (jeonhal jeon))

  1. hanja form? of 전 (“transfer”)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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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]

Etymology 1

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Verb

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傳 • (truyền)

  1. chữ Hán form of truyền (“to transmit, to transfer; to impart; to summon; to express”)
    • 1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 8:
      風(Phong)情(tình)固(có)錄(lục)群(còn)傳(truyền)史(sử)撑(xanh)
      I started reading a long-ago tale of love and romance.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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傳 • (truyện)

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

Etymology 3

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Verb

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傳 • (chuyền)

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

Etymology 4

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Noun

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傳 • (chuyện)

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

References

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  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).
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