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傳

See also: 传 and 伝
傳 U+50B3, 傳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50B3
← 傲
[U+50B2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 傴 →
[U+50B4]

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TranslingualEdit

Traditional 傳
Shinjitai 伝
Simplified 传

Han characterEdit

傳 (radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人十戈戈 (OJII), four-corner 25243, composition ⿰亻專)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 114, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1019
  • Dae Jaweon: page 243, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 208, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+50B3

ChineseEdit

trad. 傳
simp. 传
variant forms 𫝊

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 傳
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (專) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
竱 *toːn, *tjonʔ
團 *doːn
摶 *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿 *doːn, *tjon
慱 *doːn
剸 *doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟 *doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙 *doːn
鷒 *doːn, *tjon
轉 *tonʔ, *tons
傳 *tons, *don, *dons
囀 *tons
縳 *donʔ, *dons
專 *tjon
磚 *tjon
甎 *tjon
塼 *tjon
嫥 *tjon
膞 *tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄 *tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴 *djun

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

EtymologyEdit

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

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note:
  • tióng - only in the sense “to spread; to disseminate; to tell”.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • thoân/toân - literary;
    • tn̂g/thn̂g/thûiⁿ - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 傳
    Reading # 1/3
    Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
    Final (韻) 仙 (80)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) Chongniu III
    Fanqie 直攣切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɖˠiuᴇn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɖʷᵚiɛn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȡiuæn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɖwian/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȡjuɛn/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȡĭwɛn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȡʱi̯wɛn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		chuán
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 傳
    Reading # 1/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		chuán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ drjwen ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*m-tron/
    English transmit

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 傳
    Reading # 2/3
    No. 17678
    Phonetic
    component         		專
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		椽
    Old
    Chinese         		/*don/

    DefinitionsEdit

    傳

    1. to transfer; to deliver; to transmit; to pass on
      傳球 / 传球  ―  chuánqiú  ―  to pass the ball
    2. to teach; to impart
    3. to pass down; to hand down
    4. to abdicate; to resign sovereign authority
    5. to express; to convey
    6. to summon; to call
    7. to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
      宣傳 / 宣传  ―  xuānchuán  ―  to promote; to publicise
    8. (physics) to conduct (electricity or heat)

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 傳

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    Note:
    • zyun6-2 - “narrative; story; biography”.
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Rime
    Character 傳 傳
    Reading # 2/3 3/3
    Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 知 (9)
    Final (韻) 仙 (80) 仙 (80)
    Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division (等) Chongniu III Chongniu III
    Fanqie 直戀切 知戀切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɖˠiuᴇnH/ /ʈˠiuᴇnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɖʷᵚiɛnH/ /ʈʷᵚiɛnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȡiuænH/ /ȶiuænH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɖwianH/ /ʈwianH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȡjuɛnH/ /ȶjuɛnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȡĭwɛnH/ /ȶĭwɛnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȡʱi̯wɛnH/ /ȶi̯wɛnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhuàn zhuàn
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 傳 傳
    Reading # 2/3 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhuàn zhuàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ drjwenH › ‹ trjwenH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*N-tron-s/ /*tron-s/
    English what has been transmitted relay post

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 傳 傳
    Reading # 1/3 3/3
    No. 17676 17681
    Phonetic
    component         		專 專
    Rime
    group         		元 元
    Rime
    subdivision         		3 3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		囀 傳
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tons/ /*dons/

    DefinitionsEdit

    傳

    1. (historical) relay station for transmitting documents
    2. (historical) stagecoach; post-chaise
    3. (historical, literature) historical narrative; commentaries; record; chronicle
    4. (historical, literature) novel or story written in the historical style
    5. (literature) biography; life story
      自傳 / 自传  ―  zìzhuàn  ―  autobiography
    6. to write biography

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 傳

    JapaneseEdit

    Shinjitai

    		伝

    Kyūjitai

    		傳

    KanjiEdit

    傳

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 伝)

    1. summon
    2. propagate, transmit

    ReadingsEdit

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    傳 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    傳 (truyền, truyện)

    1. Gọi vào
    2. Biểu đạt, Lưu truyền

    ReadingsEdit

    • Nôm: chiền, chuyền, chuyến, chuyện, truyền, truyện

    ReferencesEdit

    • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
    • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
    • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville
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