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伝

Kanji meanings and readings

伝

N3

transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition

On reading
デン、テン
Kun reading
つた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、-づた.い、つて
Radical
人
Illustration of 伝える
N4

つたえる

to report

Illustration of 伝わる
N2

つたわる

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted

Illustration of 伝来
N1

でんらい

ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

Illustration of 伝染
N2

でんせん

contagion

Illustration of 伝統
N3

でんとう

tradition; convention

Illustration of 伝言
N1

でんごん

message; verbal message; word (from someone)

Illustration of 伝記
N2

でんき

biography; life story

Illustration of 伝説
N1

でんせつ

tradition; legend; folklore

Illustration of 伝達
N1

でんたつ

transmission (e.g. news); communication; delivery

Illustration of 宣伝
N2

せんでん

propaganda; publicity

Illustration of 手伝い
N3

てつだい

help; helper; assistant

Illustration of 手伝う
N4

てつだう

to assist

Illustration of 言伝
N1

ことづて

declaration; hearsay