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譚

譚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かたる。
  2. ものがたり。はなし。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「覃」。「はなす」を意味する漢語｛譚｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

talk

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タン
Kun (native)
  • はなし
Other languages
  • 拼音tan2
  • 한글dam
  • Hán-ViệtĐàm

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8B5A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言覃

Words using this kanji

  • 譚たんstory, tale
  • 譚歌たんか伝説や神話、歴史を題材として作詞された曲。 バラード。ballad
  • 譚詩たんしballade
  • 譚詩曲たんしきょくballade

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(17 results)

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