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伝存 (でんそん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

伝でん存そん

Meanings

1

noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

be handed down from antiquity; survive through transmission

Used for texts, artifacts, or traditions that have been passed down and still exist today. Often found in historical or academic contexts.

この古こ文ぶん書しょは現げん代だいに伝でん存そんしている。
This ancient document has been handed down to the present day.
伝でん存そんする最さい古この写しゃ本ほん

は

12

世せい

紀き

の

もの

だ

。

The oldest surviving manuscript dates from the 12th century.

Kanji

伝transmit, go along, walk along
存exist, suppose, be aware of

Similar words

伝でん承しょう
伝承 focuses on the act of passing down orally or through tradition, while 伝存 emphasizes the state of having survived to the present.
現げん存そん
現存 simply means 'existing now', without the nuance of having been transmitted over time.

Etymology

Compound of 伝 (transmit) and 存 (exist). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used to describe things that have been passed down and still remain.