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傳

chuán, zhuàn

pass on, transmit

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

專 sound component

專  Sound component

zhuān

  

monopolize

Evolution

傳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
傳 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
傳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
傳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
傳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

传 (傳) 

chuán

summon; propagate, transmit; to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)

传 (傳) 

zhuàn

biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station

Most common words with 傳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

传统

tradition

传

to pass on

宣传

to disseminate

传说

legend

传奇

legendary

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-tron

drjwen

chuán

transmit

*N-tron-s

drjwenH

zhuàn

what has been transmitted

*tron-s

trjwenH

zhuàn

relay post


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 69.5979% of movies

516th most common character in movies

332nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

传

Unicode

U+50B3

Shuowen

“傳，遽也。从人，專聲。”


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