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傳

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 1

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  • tióng - only in the sense “to spread; to disseminate; to tell”.
Note:
  • thoân/toân - literary (“to transfer; to impart; to spread; to conduct (Mainland China); to summon with a subpoena”);
  • chhoân - literary (“to prepare; to set up a trap”);
  • 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/
Bernard
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
  7. to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
    宣傳／宣传  ―  xuānchuán  ―  to promote; to publicise
  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 summon with a subpoena
  11. (Mainland China Hokkien) to give birth; to procreate; to have children
  12. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to prepare; to get ready; to make ready
  13. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to set up a trap to make a fool of someone
  14. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to give
  15. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to allow; to let; to permit
  16. (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
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) 乞
Pontianak (Teochew) 分, 乞
Leizhou 乞
Wenchang 分
Haikou 要
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
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:

Pronunciation 2

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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) III III
Fanqie 直戀切 知戀切
Baxter drjwenH trjwenH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun6 zyun3
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
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傳

  1. (historical) relay station for transmitting documents
  2. (historical) stagecoach; post-chaise
  3. (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")
  4. (literature) biography; life story
    自傳／自传  ―  zìzhuàn  ―  autobiography
    列傳／列传  ―  lièzhuàn  ―  biographical historiography
  5. (historical, literature) novel or story written in the historical style
    《水滸傳》／《水浒传》  ―  “shuǐhǔzhuàn”  ―  Water Margin (novel)
  6. to write a biography
Compounds
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (傳):

Others:

Etymology 2

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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).

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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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  • Go-on: でん (den)
  • Kan-on: てん (ten)
  • Kun: つたえる (tsutaeru, 傳える)

Korean

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Hanja

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傳 (eumhun 전할 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]

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).

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”).

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

Etymology 4

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Noun

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傳 • (chuyện)

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