传

chuánzhuàn

to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer

How to write 传, stroke by stroke

chuán: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
zhuàn: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station

Pictophonetic: semantic 亻 (people), phonetic 专

Made of 亻 + 专

传统chuán tǒngtradition; traditional; convention; conventional
传说chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
宣传xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda
传播chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传送chuán sòngto convey; to deliver; to transmit
传给chuán gěito pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
传达chuán dáto pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission
传言chuán yánrumor; hearsay
遗传yí chuánheredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring)
传闻chuán wénrumor
传来chuán lái(of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
传递chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive

宣传由我来负责。
xuān chuán yóu wǒ lái fù zé 。
I'm in charge of the propaganda.
我听到远处传来狗叫声。
wǒ tīng dào yuǎn chù chuán lái gǒu jiào shēng 。
I heard a dog barking in the distance.
那个谣言很快传播开来。
nà ge yáo yán hěn kuài chuán bō kāi lái 。
That rumor soon spread.
塑料代替了许多传统的原料。
sù liào dài tì le xǔ duō chuán tǒng de yuán liào 。
Plastics have taken the place of many conventional materials.
如果地球停止自传，你认为会发生什么？
rú guǒ dì qiú tíng zhǐ zì zhuàn ， nǐ rèn wéi huì fā shēng shén me ？
Were the earth to stop revolving, what do you suppose would happen?