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Kanji: 伝

KANJI
伝
6 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
つたわる
つたえる
つたう
つだう
つて
 ON 音 
デン
テン
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:
人(亻)
Radical name:
ひと(にんべん)
Meaning:
Transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Usage:
Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 400 kanji are used even more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N4
伝(つた)える
to report
N4
手伝(てつだ)う
to assist
N3
手伝(てつだ)い
help, helper, assistant
N3
伝統(でんとう)
tradition, convention
N2
お手伝(てつだ)いさん
maid
N2
宣伝(せんでん)
propaganda, publicity
N2
伝(つた)わる
to be handed down, to be introduced, to be transmitted
N2
伝記(でんき)
biography, life story
N2
伝染(でんせん)
contagion
N1
言伝(ことづて)
declaration, hearsay
N1
伝言(つてごと)
verbal message, rumor, word
N1
伝説(でんせつ)
tradition, legend, folklore
N1
伝達(でんたつ)
transmission (e.g. news), communication, delivery
N1
伝来(でんらい)
ancestral, hereditary, imported, transmitted, handed down
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