# 伝 — Transmit

Frequency rank 274 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 終 (End), less common than 始 (Begin).

- On’yomi: でん
- Kun’yomi: つた
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The leader stands on a cloud over Shibuya crossing and screams one order down at the torsoless legs below.

In words:

- 伝える つたえる — to report
- 伝わる つたわる — to be handed down,to be introduced,to be transmitted
- 伝統 でんとう — tradition,convention

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