summon, propagate, transmit
傳 centers on passing something along: summoning a person, propagating ideas, or transmitting information from one place to another.
傳 combines 亻 (person) with 專, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of turning or focusing, suggesting a person conveying or passing something on.
A person 亻 beside 專, which looks like a focused hand turning something. Picture a person turning and passing a message along: summoning, propagating, transmitting.
For テン, imagine a person transmitting a message by tapping ten times on a drum: ten -> テン, and each tap propagates the signal.
Transmission of the Lamp (collection of biographies of famous Zen masters); Record of the Transmission of the Lamp