transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
伝 centers on passing something along: transmitting information, following a path, or handing down stories and traditions from one person to another.
伝 is the modern simplified form of 傳. The older form combines 亻 (person) with 專, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of passing or transmitting. The modern 云 shape is a simplification.
A person 亻 beside 云, which looks like a cloud passing overhead. Picture a person passing a message along like a cloud drifting across the sky.
For デン, imagine a person transmitting a message in a den: den -> デン, and the message is passed from person to person.
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
legend; folklore; tradition
tradition; convention
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to circulate; to go around; to be passed around; to become known
gene
to help; to assist; to aid
helper; assistant
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
maid; helper
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
contagion; infection
long-distance relay race
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
to go along; to walk along; to follow
transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation; delivery
biography; life story
autobiography
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
autobiography
superconductivity; super-conductivity
critical biography