傳

to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

传 = 专 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg volunteered to take part in an experiment conducted by the scientist just inside of the anthill. The scientist wants to find out how fast a chickenpox infection will be transmitted from Chantal Chicken to Rosa Luxemburg.

传

傳

zhuàn = zhu + an4

biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

傳 character breakdown

傳
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 專

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

专

專

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized

专 = 二 + ㇉ + ㇏ : Let's say the expert is a scientist. Also, 专 reminds me a little bit of the wheelchair symbol. Thus I choose a scientist in a wheelchair as symbol for 专.

专 = 二 + ㇉ + ㇏ : In front of the anthill, the scientist and Julian Giant Squid are focused on one thing: Electrifying the wheelchair of the scientist. Deeply concentrated they connect a capacitor to the wheelchair, which indeed starts to move a little.

Characters with 傳 as component

傳 is not used as a component in another character.

傳

傳 character breakdown

Characters with 傳 as component

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Sentences with 傳