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Translingual
Han character
談 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口火火 (YRFF), four-corner 09689, composition ⿰訁炎)
Derived characters
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1167, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35633
- Dae Jaweon: page 1632, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3992, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8AC7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 倓
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*l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
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| 緂
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*l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
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| 毯
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ
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| 菼
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ
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| 裧
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
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| 賧
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*l̥ʰaːms
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| 睒
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*l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
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| 舕
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*l̥ʰaːms
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| 談
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*l'aːm
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| 郯
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*l'aːm
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| 惔
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*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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| 錟
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*l'aːm
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| 淡
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*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
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| 痰
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*l'aːm
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| 餤
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*l'aːm
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| 啖
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*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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| 腅
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*l'aːms
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| 剡
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*ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
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| 覢
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*hljamʔ
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| 掞
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*hljams
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| 炎
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*ɦlam
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| 琰
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*lamʔ
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| 棪
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*lamʔ
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| 扊
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*lamʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːm) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-tam ~ g-dam.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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談
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dam ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lˁm/
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| English
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speak
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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談
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14292
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Phonetic
component
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炎
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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談
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'aːm/
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Definitions
談
- to talk; to converse
- 面談／面谈 ― miàntán ― to talk to someone face-to-face
- 談判／谈判 ― tánpàn ― to negotiate
- to discuss; to chat
- 談論／谈论 ― tánlùn ― to discuss
- 談天／谈天 ― tántiān ― to chat
- ⁜ remark; conversation
- 奇談／奇谈 ― qítán ― surprising remark
- 趣談／趣谈 ― qùtán ― amusing remark
- † to praise
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
談
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- story
- talk, conversation
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
談 (eumhun 말씀 담 (malsseum dam))
- Hanja form? of 담 (“conversation”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
談: Hán Nôm readings: đàm, giạm
- chữ Hán form of đàm.