傳

See also: 传 and 伝

§Translingual

shinjitai	伝
simplified	传
traditional	傳

§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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§Chinese

		-
trad.		傳
simp.		传

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuán, zhuàn (chuan², zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ, ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴, zyun⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): thn̂g / thoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'uan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chuan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯a̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴, zyun⁶
    • Yale: chyùhn, jyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴, dzyn⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyːn²¹/, /t͡ɕyːn²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̂g / thoân
    • Tâi-lô: thn̂g / thoân
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰŋ̍²³/, /tʰuan²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍¹³/, /tʰuan¹³/
  • Note: thn̂g - vernacular, thoân - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (傳, reconstructed)
Character (傳), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 直攣切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖiuᴇn/	/ȡʱi̯wɛn/	/ȡiuɛn/	/ɖʷiɛn/	/ɖwian/	/ȡĭwɛn/	/ȡjuæn/
Character (傳), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 直戀切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖiuᴇnH/	/ȡʱi̯wɛnH/	/ȡiuɛnH/	/ɖʷiɛnH/	/ɖwianH/	/ȡĭwɛnH/	/ȡjuænH/
Character (傳), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 知 (9) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 知戀切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈiuᴇnH/	/ȶi̯wɛnH/	/ȶiuɛnH/	/ʈʷiɛnH/	/ʈwianH/	/ȶĭwɛnH/	/ȶjuænH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (傳, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
傳								chuán								‹ drjwen ›								/*m-tron/								transmit
傳								zhuàn								‹ drjwenH ›								/*N-tron-s/								what has been transmitted
傳								zhuàn								‹ trjwenH ›								/*tron-s/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
傳					17676					專					元					3					囀					/*tons/
傳					17678					專					元					3					椽					/*don/
傳					17681					專					元					3					傳					/*dons/

§Compounds

• 傳統

§References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

傳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 伝)

1. summon
2. propagate, transmit

§Readings

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

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§Korean

§Hanja

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

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

傳 (truyền, truyện)

1. Gọi vào
2. Biểu đạt, Lưu truyền

§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