Chinese Character 傳 Meanings and components.

Form

傳

Meaning

傳 meaning[3] in English

To Pass On.

To Spread.

To Transmit.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 傳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and for a particular … (專)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OJII

How to write 傳

To write傳chuan2to pass … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 專zhuan1for a … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 專 = 傳

傳 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 傳 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 傳, looks as follow:

傳
Pinyin:chuan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pass On . To Spread . To Transmit . To Infect . To Transfer . To Circulate . To Conduct (Electricity)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
專
Pinyin:zhuan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: For A Particular Person, Occasion, Purpose . Focused On One Thing . Special . Expert . Particular (To Sth) . Concentrated . Specialized
叀
Pinyin:zhuan1 Shape:吕
𤰔
Pinyin:𤰔5 Shape:+
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
由
Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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