The kanji 伝: meaning, readings and stroke order

伝

Meaning: pass on, spread
On reading: デン den
Kun reading: つた（わる） tsutawaru、つた（える） tsutaeru、つた（う） tsutau
Strokes: 6
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 傳

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: truyền đạt, lan truyền (truyền)
Japanese: つたえる。つたわる。
Korean: 전하다, 퍼지다 (전)
Chinese: 传达、流传 (传)

Readings, words and example sentences

デン den · on reading

伝でん説せつ
legend
村に古い 伝でん説せつがあります。
The village has an old legend.

つた（わる） tsutawaru · kun reading

伝つたわる
to spread, to be passed on
話がすぐ学校中に 伝つたわりました。
The story spread all over the school right away.

つた（える） tsutaeru · kun reading

伝つたえる
to tell, to pass on
母に用事を 伝つたえます。
I pass on a message to my mom.

つた（う） tsutau · kun reading · less common

伝つたう
to go along
かべを 伝つたって 水が落ちます。
Water runs down along the wall.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.