Kanji 談

音読おんよみ: ダン

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: ごんべん（訁）

Meaning

Talk / Discuss / Conversation

  • 相談そうだん — consultation; discussion
  • 会談かいだん — conference; meeting
  • 面談めんだん — personal interview
  • 雑談ざつだん — small talk; chatting
  • 冗談じょうだん — joke
  • 談笑だんしょう — friendly chat; laughing together
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  • 談話だんわ — talk; conversation
  • 破談はだん — breaking off (negotiations)
  • 余談よだん — digression; side remark
  • 対談たいだん — dialogue; interview

談 is formed by combining 言 (speech) and 炎 (flames). It suggests passionate or energetic speech, and is used broadly in contexts of conversation, meetings, and consultation.

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