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Kanji Detail for 伝 - "to transmit, legend, biography"

伝

  • Meaning

    伝 means "to transmit, legend, biography."

    1. Transmit - To pass on; to convey.

    2. Legend - A story passed down.

    3. Biography - An account of someone's life.

  • Words using 伝

    • 伝統 でんとう Listen tradition; convention
    • 遺伝子 いでんし Listen gene
    • 伝説 でんせつ Listen legend; folklore; tradition
    • 伝統的 でんとうてき Listen traditional; customary; conventional
    • 駅伝 えきでん Listen long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
    • 遺伝 いでん Listen heredity; (genetic) inheritance
    • 手伝い てつだい Listen helper; assistant; help
    • 超伝導 ちょうでんどう Listen superconductivity; super-conductivity

  • Four-character idioms with 伝

    • 以心伝心 いしんでんしん Listen telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference
    • 一子相伝 いっしそうでん Listen transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
    • 先祖伝来 せんぞでんらい Listen inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
    • 免許皆伝 めんきょかいでん Listen possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
    • 教外別伝 きょうげべつでん Listen Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind
    • 父子相伝 ふしそうでん Listen transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son

  • Tattoo check: 伝

    • Verified meaning: to transmit, legend, biography
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ただし, つたい, つたう, つたえ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 伝

    Given names 伝(ただし)Listen 伝(つたう)Listen 伝(つたえ)Listen 伝(つとう)Listen 伝(つとお)Listen 伝(つとむ)Listen

    Surnames 伝(つたい)Listen 伝(でん)Listen 伝(ふ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    summon; propagate, transmit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 傳|传

  • Onyomi

    tip

    den(デン) デン

    ten(テン) テン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    duta.i(でゅた-い) でゅた-い

    tsuda.u(つだ-う) つだ-う

    tsuta.eru(つた-える) つた-える

    tsuta.u(つた-う) つた-う

    tsuta.waru(つた-わる) つた-わる

    tsute(つて) つて

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    transmit legend biography commentary courier messenger rely on trust communication convey deliver impart pass propagation spread story transfer

Sentences including 伝

  • If you will help me , we will soon finish.

  • I helped my father water the flowers.

  • I am reluctant to tell her the truth.

  • My brother helped me to do my assignment.

  • My brother helped me with my homework.

  • She helped her mother of her own accord.

  • I helped her into a gown.

  • Will you please help me?

  • He had the kindness to help me with my work.

  • My father helped me with my homework.

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