傳

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

• 𡀯, 𡈬

• 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

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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tons, *don, *dons) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

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

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

• (to prepare):

• (to allow): 讓／让 (ràng)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: chuyền

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 historical narrative; record; chronicle; historical documents

      • 傳曰：「一人有慶，兆民賴之。」此之謂也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        传曰：「一人有庆，兆民赖之。」此之谓也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

        Zhuàn yuē: “Yīrén yǒu qìng, zhào mín lài zhī.” Cǐ zhī wèi yě. [Pinyin]

        In the histories (i.e., the Book of Documents) it is written: "I, the One, enjoy felicity; the people will look to me as their sure dependence," which refers to this.

   2. commentary; annotation

      《公羊傳》／《公羊传》  ―  “gōngyángzhuàn”  ―  Commentaries of Gongyang

      • 《易》大傳：「天下一致而百慮，同歸而殊塗。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        《易》大传：「天下一致而百虑，同归而殊涂。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

        “Yì” dàzhuàn: “Tiānxià yīzhì ér bǎilǜ, tóngguī ér shūtú.” [Pinyin]

        The Grand Commentary to the Yi (i.e., the Xi Ci) has it, that "All under heaven, the one answer is found by myriad contemplations, the one destiny is reached by diverse routes."

   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")

      • 傳曰：「雩而雨者，何也？曰：無何也，猶不雩而雨也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        传曰：「雩而雨者，何也？曰：无何也，犹不雩而雨也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: c. 2nd century BCE, Han Shi Wai Zhuan (《韓詩外傳》)

        Zhuàn yuē: “Yú ér yǔ zhě, hé yě? Yuē: wúhé yě, yóu bùyú ér yǔ yě.” [Pinyin]

        Beside the canons (i.e. in Xunzi), the following is written: "How is it that rain comes after a sacrifice of rain-dance? Answer: There is no 'how'. It is the same as any occurrence of rain without the rain-dance."

      • 太史公曰：傳曰：「其身正，不令而行；其身不正，雖令不從，」其李將軍之謂也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        太史公曰：传曰：「其身正，不令而行；其身不正，虽令不从，」其李将军之谓也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

        Tàishǐgōng yuē: zhuàn yuē: “Qí shēn zhèng, bù lìng ér xíng; qí shēn bùzhèng, suī lìng bù cóng,” qí Lǐ jiāngjūn zhī wèi yě? [Pinyin]

        The Annalist wrote: In the para-canons (i.e. the Analects, itself not considered canonical at the time) it is written: "When one's own personal conduct is correct, his government is effective without the issuing of orders. If not correct, he may issue orders, but they will not be followed." Is this not a proper description of General Li?

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

Others:

• → Vietnamese: chuyện (𡀯)

• “傳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00228
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00219-007

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

1. summon
2. propagate, transmit

• Go-on: でん (den)
• Kan-on: てん (ten)
• Kun: つたえる (tsutaeru, 傳える)

傳 (eumhun 전할 전 (jeonhal jeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 전 (“transfer”).

• 유전학 (遺傳學, yujeonhak, “genetics”)

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]

傳 • (truyền)

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

傳 • (truyện)

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

傳 • (chuyền)

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

傳 • (chuyện)

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