Kanji: 伝

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	人(亻) Radical name: ひと（にんべん）
Meaning:	Transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 400 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	伝(つた)える	to report
N4	手伝(てつだ)う	to assist
N3	手伝(てつだ)い	help, helper, assistant
N3	伝統(でんとう)	tradition, convention
N2	お手伝(てつだ)いさん	maid
N2	宣伝(せんでん)	propaganda, publicity
N2	伝(つた)わる	to be handed down, to be introduced, to be transmitted
N2	伝記(でんき)	biography, life story
N2	伝染(でんせん)	contagion
N1	言伝(ことづて)	declaration, hearsay
N1	伝言(つてごと)	verbal message, rumor, word
N1	伝説(でんせつ)	tradition, legend, folklore
N1	伝達(でんたつ)	transmission (e.g. news), communication, delivery
N1	伝来(でんらい)	ancestral, hereditary, imported, transmitted, handed down