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The character "传" derives from its traditional form "傳", which is composed of the radical 人, meaning "person", and the component 專, serving as a phonetic and semantic element suggesting focused or specialized action. This structure originally reflected the concept of transmitting or handing down objects, instructions, or duties from one individual to another. Its semantic range expanded from concrete acts of delivery to include the abstraction of spreading teachings, customs, or information, and it later developed the distinct nominal sense of a biographical record, pronounced as zhuàn. The simplified form "传" maintains the radical 人 but substitutes 專 with the graphically reduced component 专, altering the visual form while preserving the character's functional role in representing these interrelated meanings.
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这个消息很快传遍了学校。
传统文化需要代代相传。
他负责传播公司的品牌文化。
互联网加速了信息的传播速度。
这个古老的传说在村里流传了很久。
这项技艺由师傅郑重地传给了他的弟子。
这位记者因传播虚假信息受到谴责。
精神财富的传承比物质财富更为重要。