伝

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See also: 傳
伝 U+4F1D, 伝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F1D
← 伜
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伞 →

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes
Traditional 傳
Shinjitai 伝
Simplified 传

Han character

伝 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一一戈 (OMMI) or 難人一一戈 (XOMMI), four-corner 21231, composition ⿰亻云)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 96, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 462
  • Dae Jaweon: page 204, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 117, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+4F1D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 伝

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun).

Pronunciation

Definitions

伝

  1. Only used in 伝伝.

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

伝

Kyūjitai

傳

Glyph origin

Simplified from 傳 (專 → 云). Compare 転 from 轉.

Kanji

伝

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 傳)

  1. summon
  2. propagate, transmit

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
伝
でん
Grade: 4
goon
Alternative spelling
傳 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 傳 (MC drjwen|drjwenH|trjwenH).

Pronunciation

Noun

伝(でん) • (den) 

  1. legend, tradition
  2. biography
  3. way, method
  4. horseback transportation-communication system under ritsuryō
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
伝
つて
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
傳 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 伝 – see the following entry.
【つてツテ】
connection, pull
(This term, 伝, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

伝 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Zhuang

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 云.

Noun

伝

  1. Sawndip form of vunz (“person”)
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