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伝

Kanji 伝: meaning "transmit, tell", readings, stroke order

The kanji 伝 means "transmit, tell". On'yomi: デン; kun'yomi: つたわる、つたえる、つたう. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
transmit, tell
On'yomi
デン
Kun'yomi
つたわるつたえるつたう
Strokes
6
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
傳 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 伝

  • 伝える つたえる — To convey
  • 手伝う てつだう — To help
  • 宣伝 せんでん — Promotion
  • 伝統 でんとう — Tradition
  • 伝わる つたわる — to be handed down, to be transmitted
  • 手伝い てつだい — help, helper, assistant
  • 伝言 でんごん — verbal message
  • お手伝いさん おてつだいさん — maid
  • 伝染 でんせん — contagion
  • 伝説 でんせつ — tradition, legend, folklore
  • 伝達 でんたつ — transmission (e.g., news, communication, delivery)
  • 伝来 でんらい — ancestral, hereditary, imported

Stroke order · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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