傳

See also: 传 and 伝

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 專

Han character

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

1. summon
2. propagate, transmit

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

傳 (simplified 传, Yale chyun4)

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Japanese

Kanji

傳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: でん (den), てん (ten)
• Kun: つたえる (tsutaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

傳 (hangeul 전 (jeon), revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

傳 (simplified 传, Pinyin chuán (chuan2), Wade-Giles ch'uan²), zhuàn

Compounds

• 傳統

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Min Nan

Hanzi

傳

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Vietnamese

Han character

傳 (truyền, truyện)

Readings

• Nôm: chiền, chuyền, chuyến, chuyện, truyền, truyện

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville

• EUC
  • Hex: D1A3
  • Decimal: 53667
• Shift JIS
  • Hex: 9942
  • Decimal: 39234