传
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to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 人 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 傳
- Common rank
- #201
- Unicode
- U+4F20
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
spread · Heisig RSH #1237
人 person + corncob pipe
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 传
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人传人 | transmitted person-to-person | |
| 传人 | to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant | |
| 传动器 | drive (engine) | |
| 小传 | sketch biography; profile | |
| 自传 | autobiography | |
| 传家 | to pass on through the generations | |
| 家传 | handed down in a family; family traditions | |
| 家传 | family history (as a literary genre) | |
| 传动 | drive (transmission in an engine) | |
| 上传 | to upload | |
| 言不可传 | impossible to put into words; inexpressible | |
| 传出神经 | efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain); efferent neuron; motor nerve | |
| 电传 | to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc); a message t… | |
| 传发 | to order sb to start on a journey | |
| 可以意会，不可言传 | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); mysterious… | |
| 传法 | to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism) | |
| 传出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 口传 | to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc) | |
| 传道 | to lecture on doctrine; to expound the wisdom of ancient sages; to preach; a sermon | |
| 传道者 | missionary; preacher |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 专 — compare how they read.