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Kanji Detail for 傳 - "to transmit, legend, biography"
傳
- Meaning
傳 means "to transmit, legend, biography."
Transmit - To pass on; to convey.
Legend - A story passed down.
Biography - An account of someone's life.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
summon; propagate; transmit
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
summon; propagate, transmit
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To transmit; to pass on. Meaning to transfer what one received to another. Such as 傳位 (pass on the throne), 傳道 (transmit teachings), 傳聞 (hearsay), 傳說 (legend). | To summon someone to convey orders. Such as 傳見 (summon for an audience), 傳到 (summon). | Commentary. Receiving and further elaborating on a teacher's teachings. Such as the Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, Mao's Commentary on the Odes. | Recording deeds to pass down to posterity is also called 傳. Such as biographies in histories. | 傳舍: A relay station. For transmitting orders and receiving travelers.
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