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Readings

On readingデン、テン
Kun readingつた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、-づた.い、つて
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. transmitRtK
  2. go along
  3. walk along
  4. follow
  5. report
    空海の創建と伝える。It is reported to have been founded by Kukai.wiki
  6. communicate
    彼は蜂がお互いに意思伝達をする事が出来ると言う証拠を見つけた。He found the evidence that bees can communicate with each other.tatoeba
  7. legend
  8. tradition
  1. to go along
  2. to walk along
  3. to follow

Popular Usage

伝える手伝う宣伝お手伝いさん

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · rising cloud · two (二) · elbow · wall

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1036

Compound words

手伝うてつだう
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
伝えるつたえる
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell
宣伝せんでん
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
お手伝いさんおてつだいさん
maid
伝法でんぽう
brazen (esp. of a woman's behavior); bold; brave; rough; violent
伝わるつたわる
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to circulate; to go around; to be passed around
お伝えするおつたえする
遺伝いでん
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
駅伝えきでん
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
自伝じでん
autobiography
伝うつたう
to go along; to walk along; to follow
伝記でんき
biography; life story
伝承でんしょう
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
伝説でんせつ
legend; folklore; tradition
伝染でんせん
contagion; infection
伝送でんそう
transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion
伝達でんたつ
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer
伝統でんとう
tradition; convention
伝道でんどう
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
伝票でんぴょう
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
伝言でんごん
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
評伝ひょうでん
critical biography
遺伝子いでんし
gene
自叙伝じじょでん
autobiography

On Reading Examples

彼は伝言をすべて暗記しなければならなかった。でんごん
He had to commit the whole message to memory.tatoeba
彼は何も伝言を頼んでいなかった。でんごん
He hasn't left any message.tatoeba
彼に伝言を英語で理解させるのに苦労した。でんごん
I had difficulty in making him understand the message in English.tatoeba
彼に伝言を英語で理解させるのに、少なくとも３０分はかかってしまった。でんごん
It took me at least half an hour to get the message across to him in English.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

もし彼がそこにいたら、あなたのメッセージを伝えることができたのにね。つたえる
If he had been there, I could have given him your message.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父親の手伝いをしに行ったのではなくお金を借りに行った。
He went not to help his father but to borrow money from him.tatoeba
彼は父の店を手伝っている。
He helps out in his father's store.tatoeba
彼は父の手伝いをしなかった。
He didn't help his father.tatoeba
菅原道真撰と伝える。
The poetries were said to be selected by SUGAWARA no Michizane.wiki

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