伝
transmit · go along · walk along · follow · report · communicate · legend · tradition
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
person + 云
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of person and say. Person conveying words.
Symbolism
Legend, convey, tradition. Represents conveying.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Walking the path
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
以心伝心
いしんでんしん
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; telepathy
一子相伝
いっしそうでん
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child; transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
先祖伝来
せんぞでんらい
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral; inherited
免許皆伝
めんきょかいでん
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership; possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo)
祖先伝来
そせんでんらい
hereditary; hereditary
隔世遺伝
かくせいいでん
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; atavism
父子相伝
ふしそうでん
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son; transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son
父祖伝来
ふそでんらい
hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation; hereditary
教外別伝
きょうげべつでん
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind; Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment