傳

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

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 傳
Shinjitai 伝
Simplified 传

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 傳
simp. 传
alt. forms 𫝊

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 傳
Oracle bone script
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j19038
Bronze inscriptions
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b12365
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b12366
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b12367
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b12368
ACC-b12369.svg

b12369
Large seal script
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L36755
ACC-L23142.svg

L23142
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L23143
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L23144
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L23145
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L23146
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L23147
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L23148
Small seal script
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s05817
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu 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[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”.
Note:
  • thoân/toân - literary;
  • tn̂g/thn̂g/thûiⁿ - 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) 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
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

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Note:
  • zyun6-2 - “narrative; story; biography”.
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
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) historical narrative; commentaries; record; chronicle
  4. (historical, literature) novel or story written in the historical style
  5. (literature) biography; life story
    自傳 / 自传  ―  zìzhuàn  ―  autobiography
  6. to write biography

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 傳

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

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

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

傳 (truyền, truyện)

  1. Gọi vào
  2. Biểu đạt, Lưu truyền

Readings[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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
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