Kanji1 / 6
伝 kanji
transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
デンテン
Kun readings
つたわるつたえるつたうつだう-づたいつて
Variant forms
傳Words with 伝
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —銘々伝biographies of each one (e.g. of the Forty-seven Rōnin)
- —伝産法Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
- —古史伝Commentary on Ancient History (by Hirata Atsutane, 1825)
- —詳伝社Shoudensha (publisher)
- —伝灯録Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)
- —祥伝社Shoudensha (publisher)
- —公羊伝Gongyang Zhuan (Chinese classical work); Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals; Commentary of Gongyang
- —倭人伝Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
- —以心伝心telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
- —遺伝暗号genetic code
- —遺伝情報genetic information
- —遺伝地図genetic map
- —医事伝道medical missionary work
- —医療伝道medical missionary work
- —一子相伝transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
- —駅伝競走long-distance relay race
- —使徒行伝Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)
- —使徒承伝apostolic succession
- —信徒伝動lay evangelism
- —制約伝搬constraint propagation