傳 (Kangxi radical 9,人+11, 13 strokes,cangjie input人十戈戈 (OJII),four-corner2524₃,composition⿰亻專)

• 𡀯,𧓆,𬣋,𬩘,𫮯,𡈬

• 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

Historical forms of the character傳
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)	Libian (compiled inQing)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script
Oracle bone script j19038 Bronze inscriptions b12365 b12366 b12367 b12368 b12369 Small seal script 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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*tons, *don, *dons): semantic 人(“man”) + phonetic 專(OC*tjon).

Related to轉 (OC*tonʔ, *tons, “to turn around; to transfer”); see there for more.

傳

1. totransfer; todeliver; totransmit; topass on

   傳球／传球  ― chuánqiú  ―  topass the ball

   • 2014, “換我甲你疼”, in許富凱 [Henry Hsu], Nancy (lyrics),阿財 (music),一寸真心, performed by許富凱 [Henry Hsu]:

     親像層層疊疊的相思　望月光甘會替我傳乎你[Taiwanese Hokkien,trad.]
     亲像层层叠叠的相思　望月光甘会替我传乎你[Taiwanese Hokkien,simp.]

     chhin-chhiūⁿ têng-têng-tha̍h-tha̍h ê siuⁿ-si, bāng goe̍h-kng kám ē thè góachhoân hō͘ lí[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015, “傷心的我傷心的歌”, in武雄 (lyrics),陳建瑋 [Jacky Chen] (music),古倫美亞, performed by陳建瑋 [Jacky Chen]:

     電話不接　傳Line不回[Taiwanese Hokkien,trad.]
     电话不接　传Line不回[Taiwanese Hokkien,simp.]

     tiān-ōe m̄ chiap,chhoân Line m̄ hôe[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. toteach; toimpart
3. topass down; tohand down
4. toabdicate; toresign sovereign authority
5. toexpress; toconvey
6. tosummon; tocall

   傳證人／传证人  ― chuán zhèngrén  ―  tosummon a witness

   快傳太醫！／快传太医！  ― Kuàichuán tàiyī!  ―  Quick,call for the imperial physician!

7. tospread; tocirculate; todisseminate

   宣傳／宣传  ― xuānchuán  ―  to promote; to publicise

   傳福音／传福音  ― chuán fúyīn  ―  to spread the Gospel; to evangelize

8. (physics) toconduct(electricity or heat)
9. (Hokkien) topass on to thenextgeneration; totransmit to theoffspring
10. (Mainland China Hokkien) togive birth; toprocreate; to havechildren
11. (Quanzhou Hokkien) togive
    • 2020, Weirong Chen,A Grammar of Southern Min: The Hui’an Dialect, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton,→ISBN, page432:

      伊傳汝懷[Hui'an Hokkien,trad.]
      伊传汝怀[Hui'an Hokkien,simp.]

      itn̂g lír hoâi[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

      those hegave you

12. (Quanzhou Hokkien) toallow; tolet; topermit
13. (Quanzhou Hokkien)by

• (to prepare):

• (to allow):讓／让 (ràng)

Others:

• → Vietnamese:chuyền

傳

1. (historical, literature)a category of historical literary works
   1. historicalnarrative;record;chronicle; historical documents

      • 傳曰：「一人有慶，兆民賴之。」此之謂也。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
        传曰：「一人有庆，兆民赖之。」此之谓也。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

        From:Xunzi,c. 3^rd centuryBCE

        Zhuàn yuē: “Yīrén yǒu qìng, zhào mín lài zhī.” Cǐ zhī wèi yě.[Pinyin]

        In the histories (i.e., theBook of Documents) it is written: "I, the One, enjoy felicity; the people will look to me as their sure dependence," which refers to this.

   2. commentary;annotation

      《公羊傳》／《公羊传》  ― “gōngyángzhuàn”  ― Commentaries of Gongyang

      • 《易》大傳：「天下一致而百慮，同歸而殊塗。」[Classical Chinese,trad.]
        《易》大传：「天下一致而百虑，同归而殊涂。」[Classical Chinese,simp.]

        From: TheRecords of the Grand Historian, bySima Qian,c. 91BCE

        “Yì” dàzhuàn: “Tiānxià yīzhì ér bǎilǜ, tóngguī ér shūtú.”[Pinyin]

        The GrandCommentary to theYi (i.e., theXi Ci) has it, that "All under heaven, the one answer is found by myriad contemplations, the one destiny is reached by diverse routes."

   3. paracanonical work(any work that complements acanon or acanonical 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")

      • 傳曰：「雩而雨者，何也？曰：無何也，猶不雩而雨也。」[Classical Chinese,trad.]
        传曰：「雩而雨者，何也？曰：无何也，犹不雩而雨也。」[Classical Chinese,simp.]

        From:c. 2nd centuryBCE,Han Shi Wai Zhuan (《韓詩外傳》)

        Zhuàn yuē: “Yú ér yǔ zhě, hé yě? Yuē: wúhé yě, yóu bùyú ér yǔ yě.”[Pinyin]

        Beside the canons (i.e. inXunzi), the following is written: "How is it that rain comes after a sacrifice of rain-dance? It does not matter, the same as any occurrence of rain without the rain-dance."

      • 太史公曰：傳曰：「其身正，不令而行；其身不正，雖令不從，」其李將軍之謂也？[Classical Chinese,trad.]
        太史公曰：传曰：「其身正，不令而行；其身不正，虽令不从，」其李将军之谓也？[Classical Chinese,simp.]

        From: TheRecords of the Grand Historian, bySima Qian,c. 91BCE

        Tàishǐgōng yuē:zhuàn yuē: “Qí shēn zhèng, bù lìng ér xíng; qí shēn bùzhèng, suī lìng bù cóng,” qí Lǐ Jiāngjūn zhī wèi yě?[Pinyin]

        The Annalist wrote:The para-canons (i.e. theAnalects, itself not considered canonical at the time) writes: "When one's own personal conduct is correct, his government is effective without his ordering. If not correct, they will not followed his order." Is this not a proper description of General Li?

2. (literature)biography;life story

   自傳／自传  ― zìzhuàn  ―  autobiography

   列傳／列传  ― lièzhuàn  ―  biographical historiography

3. (historical, literature)novel orstory written in thehistoricalstyle

   《水滸傳》／《水浒传》  ― “Shuǐhǔzhuàn”  ― Water Margin(novel)

4. towrite abiography

Others:

• → Vietnamese:chuyện(𡀯)

傳

1. (historical)relaystation fortransmittingdocuments
2. (historical)stagecoach;post-chaise

Used inHokkien dialect.

• “傳”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00228
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00219-007

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji,shinjitai form伝)

1. summon
2. propagate,transmit

• Go-on:でん(den)^{←でん(den,historical)}
• Kan-on:てん(ten)^{←てん(ten,historical)}
• Kun:つたえる(tsutaeru,傳える)^{←つたへる(tutaferu,傳へる,historical)}、つたう(tsutau,傳う)^{←つたふ(tutafu,傳ふ,historical)}、つたわる(tsutawaru,傳わる)^{←つたはる(tutafaru,傳はる,historical)}

傳 (eumhun전(傳)할전(jeonhal jeon))

1. hanja form^? of전(“transfer”)

• 유전학 (遺傳學,yujeonhak, “genetics”)

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]

傳• (truyền)

1. chữ Hán form oftruyền(“totransmit, totransfer; toimpart; tosummon; toexpress”)

傳• (truyện)

1. chữ Hán form oftruyện(“astory, anovel, afictionbook”)

傳• (chuyền)

1. chữ Nôm form ofchuyền(“topass a ball”)

傳• (chuyện)

1. chữ Nôm form ofchuyện(“matters,affairs; atale, alegend”)