伝
transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition
6 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 416.
Readings
- デン (on reading): 宣伝 (せんでん) publicity; 伝説 (でんせつ) legend
- つだう (kun reading): 手伝う (てつだう) to help; 手伝い (てつだい) help
- つたえる (kun reading): 伝える (つたえる) to convey; 言い伝え (いいつたえ) tradition
- つたわる (kun reading): 伝わる (つたわる) to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); 代々伝わる (だいだいつたわる) to be handed down from generation to generation
- つたう (kun reading): 伝う (つたう) to move along; 伝って登る (つたってのぼる) to shin up
- つて (kun reading): 伝 (つて) means of making contact; 言伝 (ことづて) (oral) message
- テン (on reading): 伝馬 (てんま) post horse; 武家伝奏 (ぶけてんそう) imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
- づたい (kun reading): 伝い (づたい) along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); 島伝い (しまづたい) from island to island
Components
Words using 伝
- 宣伝 (せんでん) publicity
- 伝説 (でんせつ) legend
- 伝承 (でんしょう) handing down (information)
- 伝統的 (でんとうてき) traditional
- 遺伝子 (いでんし) gene
- 手伝う (てつだう) to help
- 手伝い (てつだい) help
- お手伝いさん (おてつだいさん) maid
- 家事手伝い (かじてつだい) domestic help
- 手伝い手 (てつだいて) helper
- 伝える (つたえる) to convey
- 言い伝え (いいつたえ) tradition
- 伝え (つたえ) conveying (an intention, meaning, etc.)
- 言い伝える (いいつたえる) to hand down (a story, legend, etc.)
- 口伝え (くちづたえ) oral instruction
- 伝わる (つたわる) to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.)
- 代々伝わる (だいだいつたわる) to be handed down from generation to generation
- 漏れ伝わる (もれつたわる) to be transmitted
- 伝う (つたう) to move along
- 伝って登る (つたってのぼる) to shin up
- 伝い歩き (つたいあるき) walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table)
- 伝い歩く (つたいあるく) to walk while holding on to (a wall, furniture, etc.)
- 一犬虚に吠ゆれば万犬実を伝う (いっけんきょにほゆればばんけんじつをつたう) one dog barks at a shadow, and a hundred bark at the sound
- 伝 (つて) means of making contact
- 言伝 (ことづて) (oral) message
- 伝言 (つてこと) (verbal) message
- 伝馬 (てんま) post horse
- 武家伝奏 (ぶけてんそう) imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
- 伝奏 (てんそう) delivering a message to the emperor
- 伝馬船 (てんません) large sculling boat
- 伝達コスト (てんたつコスト) transmission cost
- 伝い (づたい) along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.)
- 島伝い (しまづたい) from island to island
- 飛び石伝い (とびいしづたい) walking over stepping stones
- 山伝い (やまづたい) (passing along) from mountain to mountain
- 川伝い (かわづたい) following a river
506 words in all.