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談

談 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しゃべる、盛んに語る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「炎」。「話す」を意味する漢語｛談｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

discuss, talk

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ダンElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音tan2
  • 한글dam
  • Hán-ViệtĐàm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8AC7

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言炎

Words using this kanji

  • 談合だんごう何人かで集まって相談すること。 入札などの価格を事前に話し合って決めてしまうこと。入札談合。bid rigging, collusion (on contract bidding), (illegal) price-fixing agreement, consultation
  • 談話だんわ会話すること。話すこと。また、会話。 特定の事柄に対し、非公式に（ないし形式張らずに）意見を述べること。talk, conversation, dialogue, informal expression of opinion
  • 談笑だんしょう笑いを混じえ心安く話をすること。打ち解けた話し合い。friendly chat, pleasant chat, lighthearted talk, friendly conversation
  • 談話室だんわしつlounge, common room
  • 談論だんろん談話し議論すること。discussion
  • 談義だんぎ（仏教）説法すること。説教すること。 物の道理を説くこと。(informal) discussion, talk, conversation, chat
  • 談だん(ダン) 話すこと。話。談話。talk, story, conversation
  • 談判だんぱん物事の決着をつけるために相手と話し合うこと。negotiations, bargaining, talks, making demands
  • 談語だんごdiscussion, consultation
  • 談叢だんそうa number of interesting stories, book containing a number of interesting stories
  • 談じるだんじる会話する。対話する。話す。 ～を語る。～について話す。～を論じる。to talk, to discuss, to debate, to negotiate
  • 談義所だんぎしょBuddhist seminary
  • 談ずるだんずるto talk, to discuss, to debate, to negotiate
  • 談義本だんぎぼんdangibon
  • 談林派だんりんはDanrin school (of haikai poetry)
  • 談林風だんりんふうplayful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century
  • 談話会だんわかいcolloquium, symposium, gathering for discussion
  • 談じ込むだんじこむto have a talk with
  • 談合入札だんごうにゅうさつprearranged bidding, collusive bidding
  • 談論風発だんろんふうはつ談話や議論を活発に行うこと。spirited discussion

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-8
Four Corner
0968.9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a8.7
Heisig
374
Nelson
4388