Memory phrase for the Kanji: 伝

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Left: person 亻/人, right: fog/mist 云 (cf. cloud 雲)

The person in the fog wants to transmit or tell sth.

亻	person	This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
云	fog	云 has the meaning "fog" only in Chinese. This original meaning is still visible in: cloud 雲. In Japanese it has the meaning to say/speak. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used.

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伝	でん	legend, tradition, biography
伝える	つたえる	to convey, to report, to transmit, to communicate
伝統	でんとう	tradition, convention
手伝う	てつだう	to help, to assist, to take part in
伝言	でんごん	verbal message, rumor
伝記	でんき	biography, life story
遺伝	いでん	inheritage
遺伝子	いでん･し	gene, genetic
伝わる	つたわる	to be handed down, to be introduced, to be transmitted, to be circulated

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