传 (chuán): meaning and stroke order
传 (chuán) means to pass on, to spread, to transmit, to infect, to transfer, to circulate.
传
- Simplified
- 传
- Traditional
- 傳
- Pinyin
- chuán · zhuàn
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Stroke order of 传
传
- chuán to pass on; to spread
- zhuàn biography; historical narrative
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 傳
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Meaning of 传
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chuán
Traditional 傳
- to pass on
- to spread
- to transmit
- to infect
- to transfer
- to circulate
- to conduct (electricity)
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zhuàn
Traditional 傳
- biography
- historical narrative
- commentaries
- relay station
Radical and structure
- 传
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 6 strokes · 亻 on the left, 专 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 传
- 传来 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through; to be heard
- 传出 chuán chū to transmit outwards; to disseminate
- 流传 liú chuán to spread; to circulate
- 传说 chuán shuō legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 传统 chuán tǒng tradition; traditional
- 传承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times)
- 传播 chuán bō to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
- 传染 chuán rǎn to infect; contagious
- 宣传 xuān chuán to disseminate; to give publicity to
传 in our stories
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从此，丝绸的秘密慢慢传向了世界。可是在中国许多地方，每年春天，养蚕的人家还是会先祭拜嫘祖，再开始一年的工作。
cóngcǐ sīchóu de mìmì mànmàn chuán xiàng le shìjiè kěshì zài Zhōngguó xǔduō dìfang měi nián chūntiān yǎng cán de rénjiā háishi huì xiān jìbài Léizǔ zài kāishǐ yì nián de gōngzuò
From then on the secret of silk slowly spread across the world. Yet in many parts of China, every spring, silkworm-raising families still first honour Leizu before starting the year's work.
From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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叶公爱龙的名声越传越远，最后连天上的真龙都听说了。
Yègōng ài lóng de míngshēng yuè chuán yuè yuǎn zuìhòu lián tiān shàng de zhēnlóng dōu tīngshuō le
The fame of Lord Ye's love of dragons spread ever further, until even a real dragon in heaven heard of it.
From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 传
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).