伝言
でんごん · dengon · JLPT N3 · noun
message
🗣️📝 伝言 = convey (伝える) + words (言) → words passed along
伝 is the den of 伝える (to convey, pass on) and 言 is gon, an old reading of 'word', as in 無言 (mugon, silence). A dengon is words someone hands on for you, like a phone message left with a coworker.