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HANZI DESK

传

Traditional: 傳

chuán

HSK 3.0 · 3

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chuán · cyun4 (Jyutping)

  1. to pass on
  2. to spread
  3. to transmit
  4. to infect
  5. to transfer
  6. to circulate
  7. to conduct (electricity)

zhuàn · cyun4 (Jyutping)

  1. biography
  2. historical narrative
  3. commentaries
  4. relay station

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

传

Meaning
summon; propagate, transmit
Radical
亻
Strokes
6
Components
⿰亻专
Cangjie
OQNI
Four-corner
2523.7

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