Moto 伝: Transmit; Go Along; Walk AlongKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- デン、テン
- Kun'yomi
- つた(わる)、つた(える)、つた(う)、つだ(う)、-づた(い)、つて
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 456 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (デン・テン)
- 伝統でんとうtradition; convention
- 遺伝子いでんしgene
- 宣伝せんでんpublicity; advertisement
- 伝統的でんとうてきtraditional; conventional
- 伝説でんせつtradition; legend
- 駅伝えきでんlong-distance relay race
- 遺伝いでんheredity; (genetic) inheritance
- 伝達でんたつtransmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication
- 伝記でんきbiography; life story
- 自伝じでんautobiography
- 伝染病でんせんびょうcontagious disease; communicable disease
- 伝承でんしょうhanding down (information); legend
- 伝言でんごんverbal message; word (from someone)
- 伝送でんそうtransmission; communication
- 伝道でんどうmissionary work; proselytizing
- 評伝ひょうでんcritical biography
- 以心伝心いしんでんしんtelepathy; tacit understanding
- 伝令でんれいdelivering an order; dispatch of an order
- 伝奇でんきromance (fiction)
- 伝家でんかheirloom; trump card
- 伝導でんどうconduction; transmission
- 伝授でんじゅ(giving) instruction; initiation
- 伝来でんらいancestral; hereditary
- 伝染でんせんcontagion; infection
- 伝法でんぼうteaching Buddhism; rough person
- 伝統文化でんとうぶんかtraditional culture
- 伝聞でんぶんhearsay; rumor
- 伝道師でんどうしevangelist
- 列伝れつでんseries of biographies
- 外伝がいでんsupplementary biography
- 秘伝ひでんsecret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
- 自叙伝じじょでんautobiography
- 超伝導ちょうでんどうsuperconductivity; super-conductivity
- 遺伝子工学いでんしこうがくgenetic engineering
- 遺伝学いでんがくgenetics; study of heredity
- 遺伝病いでんびょうhereditary (genetic) disease
- がん抑制遺伝子がんよくせいいでんしtumour suppressor gene; tumor suppressor gene
- けん伝けんでんspreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely
- アナログ伝送アナログでんそうanalog transmission
- アーサー王伝説アーサーおうでんせつArthurian legend; legend of King Arthur
- シリアル伝送シリアルでんそうserial transmission
- データ伝送データでんそうdata transmission
- データ伝送回線データでんそうかいせんdata transmission circuit
- データ伝送路データでんそうろchannel; data Transmission channel
- バースト伝送バーストでんそうburst transmission
- パラレル伝送パラレルでんそうparallel transmission
- ヒト遺伝子ヒトいでんしhuman gene
- ベルト伝動ベルトでんどうbelt drive
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 手伝いてつだいhelper; assistant
- お手伝いおてつだいmaid; helper
- 伝わるつたわるto be handed down; to be introduced
- お手伝いさんおてつだいさんmaid
- 伝つてmeans of making contact; intermediary
- 伝うつたうto go along; to walk along
- 伝えるつたえるto convey; to report
- 手伝うてつだうto help; to assist
- 言い伝えいいつたえtradition; legend
Other readings
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