传

chuán

to pass on

to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)

person (亻) + [sound: zhuān] (专) = pass on, transmit

The person radical (亻) anchors the meaning: transmission is fundamentally a human act of passing something along. 专 contributes the sound chuán and carries no intended meaning here.

亻+专→传
专SolePhonetic
亻PersonSemantic

请把这本书传给后面的同学。

qǐng bǎ zhè běn shū chuán gěi hòu miàn de tóng xué。

Please pass this book to the students in the back.

这个消息在公司里传得很快。

zhè ge xiāo xi zài gōng sī lǐ chuán de hěn kuài。

This news spread very quickly through the company.

Words with 传

传习

chuán xí

teaching and learning

传诵

chuán sòng

widely known

口传

kǒu chuán

to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)

祖传

zǔ chuán

passed on from ancestors

大众传播

dà zhòng chuán bō

mass communication

传动轴

chuán dòng zhóu

drive shaft

立传

lì zhuàn

to record sb's achievements in writing

遗传学

yí chuán xué

genetics

传阅

chuán yuè

to read and pass on

传教士

chuán jiào shì

missionary

世代相传

shì dài xiāng chuán

passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down

外传

wài chuán

to tell others (a secret)

More characters with 亻

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