Wiktionary

傳

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

Translingual edit

Traditional 傳
Shinjitai 伝
Simplified 传

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

trad. 傳
simp. 传
alternative forms 𫝊
𠇇

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 傳
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing)
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).
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／形声, OC *tons, *don, *dons) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation 1 edit

Note:
  • tióng - only in the sense “to spread; to disseminate; to tell”.
Note:
  • thoân/toân - literary (“to transfer; to impart; to spread; to conduct (Mainland China); to summon with a subpoena”);
  • chhoân - literary (“to prepare; to set up a trap”);
  • thn̂g/thûiⁿ - vernacular (“to pass to the next generation; to give birth”);
  • tn̂g - vernacular (“to give; to allow; by”).
Note:
  • tuêng5 - literary (Chaozhou);
  • tuang5 - literary (Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang);
  • deng5 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 傳
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直攣切
Baxter drjwen
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun4
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/
Definitions edit

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)
  9. (Hokkien) to pass on to the next generation; to transmit to the offspring
  10. (Mainland China Hokkien) to summon with a subpoena
  11. (Mainland China Hokkien) to give birth; to procreate; to have children
  12. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to prepare; to get ready; to make ready
  13. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to set up a trap to make a fool of someone
  14. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to give
  15. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to allow; to let; to permit
  16. (Quanzhou Hokkien) by
Synonyms edit
  • (to prepare):
Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 予, 畀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 給
Mandarin Beijing 給
Taiwan 給
Tianjin 給
Jinan 給
Xi'an 給
Wuhan 把, 把得, 給
Chengdu 給
Guilin 給
Yangzhou 把, 給
Hefei 給
Malaysia 給
Singapore 給
Cantonese Guangzhou 畀
Hong Kong 畀
Macau 畀
Taishan 畀
Dongguan 畀
Yangjiang 畀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 畀
Penang (Guangfu) 畀
Singapore (Guangfu) 畀
Gan Nanchang 把
Hakka Meixian 分
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 分
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 分
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 分
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 分
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 分
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 得
Kuching (Hepo) 分
Jin Taiyuan 給
Northern Min Jian'ou 吶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 乞
Southern Min Xiamen 予
Quanzhou 予, 傳
Zhangzhou 予
Zhao'an 予
Taipei 予
New Taipei (Sanxia) 予
Kaohsiung 予
Yilan 予
Changhua (Lukang) 予
Taichung 予
Taichung (Wuqi) 予
Tainan 予
Taitung 予
Hsinchu 予
Kinmen 予
Penghu (Magong) 予
Penang (Hokkien) 予
Singapore (Hokkien) 予
Manila (Hokkien) 予
Chaozhou 分, 乞
Shantou 分, 乞
Shantou (Chaoyang) 乞
Jieyang 分, 乞
Haifeng 分, 予
Singapore (Teochew) 乞
Pontianak (Teochew) 分, 乞
Leizhou 乞
Wenchang 分
Haikou 要
Wu Shanghai 撥, 撥辣
Suzhou 撥
Ningbo 撥
Wenzhou 匄
Xiang Changsha 把
Dialectal synonyms of 被 (“by”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 被
Mandarin Beijing 讓, 叫, 給
Taiwan 讓, 叫, 給
Jinan 叫, 讓
Xi'an 叫
Wuhan 把得
Chengdu 遭, 叫
Yangzhou 給, 把
Hefei 給, 叫
Malaysia 被, 給
Singapore 被, 讓, 給
Cantonese Guangzhou 畀
Hong Kong 畀
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 畀
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 畀
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 畀
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 畀
Macau 畀
Guangzhou (Panyu) 畀
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 畀
Guangzhou (Conghua) 畀
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 畀
Foshan 畀
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 畀
Foshan (Shunde) 畀
Foshan (Sanshui) 畀
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 畀
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 畀
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 畀
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 畀
Zhuhai (Doumen) 畀
Jiangmen (Baisha) 畀
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 畀
Taishan 畀
Kaiping (Chikan) 畀
Enping (Niujiang) 畀
Heshan (Yayao) 畀
Dongguan 畀
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 畀
Shaoguan 畀
Yunfu 畀
Yangjiang 畀
Xinyi 畀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 畀
Singapore (Guangfu) 畀
Gan Nanchang 讓, 等
Hakka Meixian 分
Xingning 分
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 畀
Huiyang 分
Huidong (Daling) 分
Dongguan (Qingxi) 分
Boluo (Bendihua) 畀
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 分
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 畀
Wuhua (Huacheng) 分
Heyuan (Bendihua) 把
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 畀
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 把
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 分
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 分
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 分
Liannan 分
Conghua (Lütian) 分
Jiexi 分
Changting 得
Wuping 得
Wuping (Pingyu) 得
Liancheng 給
Ninghua 分
Ruijin 得
Shicheng 得
Shangyou (Shexi) 討
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 分
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 分
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 分
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 分
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 分
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 得
Hong Kong 分
Senai (Huiyang) 分
Kuching (Hepo) 分
Jin Taiyuan 叫, 給
Northern Min Jian'ou 吶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 乞
Southern Min Xiamen 予, 乞
Quanzhou 予, 乞, 傳
Zhangzhou 予, 乞
Taipei 予
New Taipei (Sanxia) 予
Kaohsiung 予
Yilan 予
Changhua (Lukang) 予
Taichung 予
Tainan 予
Hsinchu 予
Kinmen 予
Penghu (Magong) 予
Singapore (Hokkien) 予
Manila (Hokkien) 予
Chaozhou 分, 乞
Shantou 分, 乞, 予
Shantou (Chaoyang) 乞
Jieyang 分
Leizhou 乞
Haikou 要
Wu Shanghai 撥, 撥辣
Suzhou 撥, 撥勒
Ningbo 撥, 撥人家
Wenzhou 匄
Xiang Changsha 聽, 撈, 讓, 被
Shuangfeng 耗
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (傳):
  • → Korean: 전(傳) (jeon)
  • → Vietnamese: truyền (傳)

Others:

Pronunciation 2 edit

Note:
  • zyun6-2 - “narrative; story; biography”.
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) III III
Fanqie 直戀切 知戀切
Baxter drjwenH trjwenH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun6 zyun3
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/
Definitions edit

傳

  1. (historical) relay station for transmitting documents
  2. (historical) stagecoach; post-chaise
  3. (historical, literature) a category of historical literary works
    1. historical narrative; record; chronicle; historical documents
    2. commentary; annotation
      《公羊傳》／《公羊传》  ―  “gōngyángzhuàn”  ―  Commentaries of Gongyang
    3. paracanonical work (any work that complements a canon or a canonical 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")
  4. (literature) biography; life story
    自傳／自传  ―  zìzhuàn  ―  autobiography
    列傳／列传  ―  lièzhuàn  ―  biographical historiography
  5. (historical, literature) novel or story written in the historical style
    《水滸傳》／《水浒传》  ―  “shuǐhǔzhuàn”  ―  Water Margin (novel)
  6. to write a biography
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (傳):

Others:

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 傳 – see 傅 (“teacher; instructor; to assist; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 傅).

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

伝

Kyūjitai

傳

Kanji edit

傳

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

  1. summon
  2. propagate, transmit

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

傳 (eumhun 전할 전 (jeonhal jeon))

  1. Hanja form? of 전 (“transfer”).

Compounds edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

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]

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Génibrel (1898).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bonet (1899).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nguyễn (1974).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Vũ (1998).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Trần (1999).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Hồ (1976).
  9. ^ Trần (2004).

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

傳 • (truyền)

  1. chữ Hán form of truyền (“to transmit, to transfer; to impart; to summon; to express”).

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

傳 • (truyện)

  1. chữ Hán form of truyện (“a story, a novel, a fiction book”).

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

傳 • (chuyền)

  1. Nôm form of chuyền (“to pass a ball”).

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

傳 • (chuyện)

  1. Nôm form of chuyện (“matters, affairs; a tale, a legend”).
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