Memory phrase for the Kanji: 伝
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伝 |
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Meaning
| transmit, tell, report, conduct
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Pronunciation |
DEN
tsutaeru |
Explanation |
Left: person 亻/人, right: fog/mist 云 (cf. cloud 雲) |
Mnemonic
| The person in the fog wants to transmit or tell sth.
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Radicals
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亻
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person | This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. |
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云
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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. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 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 |
| 伝わる |
つたわる |
to be handed down, to be introduced, to be transmitted, to be circulated |
| 伝来 |
でんらい |
ancestral, hereditary, imported, transmitted |
| 伝染 |
でんせん |
contagion |
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