# 談

| 談 | U+8AC7, &#35527; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AC7 |
| ← 諆 [U+8AC6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 諈 → [U+8AC8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

談 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口火火 (YRFF), four-corner 0968$_9$, composition ⿰訁炎)

#### Derived characters

* 𡃘

#### Related characters

* 谈 (Simplified Chinese)

#### 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

| | Old Chinese |
| 倓 | *l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms |
| 緂 | *l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam |
| 毯 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
| 菼 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
| 裧 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams |
| 賧 | *l̥ʰaːms |
| 睒 | *l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ |
| 舕 | *l̥ʰaːms |
| 談 | *l'aːm |
| 郯 | *l'aːm |
| 惔 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 錟 | *l'aːm |
| 淡 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ |
| 痰 | *l'aːm |
| 餤 | *l'aːm |
| 啖 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 腅 | *l'aːms |
| 剡 | *ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ |
| 覢 | *hljamʔ |
| 掞 | *hljams |
| 炎 | *ɦlam |
| 琰 | *lamʔ |
| 棪 | *lamʔ |
| 扊 | *lamʔ |
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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tán (tan$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tan$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тан (tan, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taam$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thàm
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tam$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): tǎng
* Eastern Min (BUC): dàng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tâm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tam$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tán
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tán
*** Wade–Giles: tʻan$^2$
*** Yale: tán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
*** Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰän³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tan$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tan
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰan²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тан (tan, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taam$^4$
*** Yale: tàahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːm²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm
*** Hakka Romanization System: tam$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǎng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dàng
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm
*** Tâi-lô: tâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daam
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tam²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tam$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâm
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰam⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de
*** MiniDict: de$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit談 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tʰan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /tʰan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /tʰan⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /tʰã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʰã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /tʰan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /tʰã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /tʰã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /tʰan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /tʰɛ̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /tʰan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /tʰan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /tʰan³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /tʰan²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /tʰã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /tʰʰaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /tʰæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /tʰæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /tʰɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /tʰæ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /de²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /de̞¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /dẽ̞²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /da³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /tʰɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /tʰɔ⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tan¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /dan¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /tʰan²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /tʰam¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʰɑm¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tʰam²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /tʰam²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /tʰam²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tam³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /taŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰaŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰam⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ham³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: dam
Rime :
| Character | 談 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 談 (143) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒甘切 |
| Baxter | dam |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dam/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑm/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤ[o]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 談 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dam › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁ[o]m/ |
| English | speak |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 談 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14292 |
| Phonetic component | 炎 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 談 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'aːm/ |

### Definitions

談
* to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
    面談／面谈 ― miàntán ― to talk to someone face-to-face
    談判／谈判 ― tánpàn ― to negotiate
    談天／谈天 ― tántiān ― to chat
    談談心裡話／谈谈心里话 ― tán tán xīnlǐhuà ― talk about your hart
       Tán le bàn tiān yě méiyǒu jiéguǒ. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
    Bù jiào ménglóng zhōng zǒu zhì yī chù, bù biàn shì hé dìfāng, hū jiàn nàxiāng lái le yī sēng yī dào, qiě xíng qiě tán. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* remark; conversation
    奇談／奇谈 ― qítán ― surprising remark
    趣談／趣谈 ― qùtán ― amusing remark
* (obsolete) to praise
* a surname

### Compounds

* 不經之談／不经之谈 (bùjīngzhītán)
* 不苟言談／不苟言谈
* 且行且談／且行且谈
* 交談／交谈 (jiāotán)
* 侃侃而談／侃侃而谈 (kǎnkǎn'értán)
* 侈談／侈谈 (chǐtán)
* 促膝談心／促膝谈心
* 促膝長談／促膝长谈
* 健談／健谈 (jiàntán)
* 傾談／倾谈 (qīngtán)
* 免談／免谈 (miǎntán)
* 入關談判／入关谈判
* 六方會談／六方会谈
* 共談／共谈 (gòngtán)
* 刮刮而談／刮刮而谈
* 劇談／剧谈
* 十日談／十日谈 (Shírì Tán)
* 叢談／丛谈
* 司馬談／司马谈
* 和平會談／和平会谈
* 和平談判／和平谈判 (hépíng tánpàn)
* 和談／和谈 (hétán)
* 商談／商谈 (shāngtán)
* 大談／大谈 (dàtán)
* 大談特談／大谈特谈
* 奇談／奇谈 (qítán)
* 奇談怪論／奇谈怪论 (qítánguàilùn)
* 契闊談讌／契阔谈宴
* 奪席談經／夺席谈经
* 娓娓而談／娓娓而谈
* 婚姻懇談／婚姻恳谈
* 密談／密谈 (mìtán)
* 對談／对谈 (duìtán)
* 巷議街談／巷议街谈
* 常談／常谈
* 平心而談／平心而谈
* 座談／座谈 (zuòtán)
* 座談會／座谈会 (zuòtánhuì)
* 怪談／怪谈 (guàitán)
* 懇談／恳谈 (kěntán)
* 戲談／戏谈
* 手談／手谈 (shǒután)
* 打談的／打谈的
* 打談者／打谈者
* 打鄉談／打乡谈
* 扺掌而談／扺掌而谈
* 把臂而談／把臂而谈
* 扯談／扯谈
* 扳談／扳谈
* 抵足談心／抵足谈心
* 接談／接谈
* 揮霍談笑／挥霍谈笑
* 揮麈清談／挥麈清谈
* 撇開不談／撇开不谈
* 攀談／攀谈 (pāntán)
* 教育相談／教育相谈
* 敘談／叙谈 (xùtán)
* 時談物議／时谈物议
* 晤談／晤谈 (wùtán)
* 暢談／畅谈 (chàngtán)
* 會談／会谈 (huìtán)
* 朗朗高談／朗朗高谈
* 朝鮮核談／朝鲜核谈
* 欺人之談／欺人之谈
* 止談風月／止谈风月
* 步談機／步谈机 (bùtánjī)
* 歪談亂講／歪谈乱讲
* 歪談亂道／歪谈乱道
* 泛泛而談／泛泛而谈 (fànfàn'értán)
* 洽談／洽谈 (qiàtán)
* 海外奇談／海外奇谈
* 混為一談／混为一谈 (hùnwéiyītán)
* 淺談／浅谈 (qiǎntán)
* 清談／清谈 (qīngtán)
* 深談／深谈
* 清談高論／清谈高论
* 游談／游谈
* 游談無根／游谈无根
* 漫談／漫谈 (màntán)
* 無所不談／无所不谈
* 無稽之談／无稽之谈 (wújīzhītán)
* 無話不談／无话不谈 (wúhuàbùtán)
* 玄談／玄谈
* 私談／私谈
* 空談／空谈 (kōngtán)
* 立談之間／立谈之间
* 笑談／笑谈 (xiàotán)
* 筆談／笔谈 (bǐtán)
* 約談／约谈 (yuētán)
* 紙上空談／纸上空谈
* 紙上談兵／纸上谈兵 (zhǐshàngtánbīng)
* 細談／细谈
* 經驗之談／经验之谈
* 縱談／纵谈 (zòngtán)
* 美談／美谈 (měitán)
* 老生常談／老生常谈 (lǎoshēngchángtán)
* 耳食之談／耳食之谈
* 聚談／聚谈
* 舉止言談／举止言谈
* 舉行會談／举行会谈
* 處宗談雞／处宗谈鸡
* 虛談／虚谈
* 虛談廢務／虚谈废务
* 虛談高論／虚谈高论
* 螾廬曲談／螾庐曲谈
* 街談巷說／街谈巷说 (jiētánxiàngshuō)
* 街談巷語／街谈巷语
* 街談巷議／街谈巷议 (jiētánxiàngyì)
* 褒談／褒谈
* 規談／规谈
* 言談／言谈 (yántán)
* 言談林藪／言谈林薮
* 言談舉止／言谈举止 (yántánjǔzhǐ)
* 言談行事／言谈行事
* 訪談／访谈 (fǎngtán)
* 誇誇其談／夸夸其谈 (kuākuāqítán)
* 詳談／详谈
* 說古談今／说古谈今
* 說地談天／说地谈天
* 說是談非／说是谈非
* 說東談西／说东谈西
* 說雨談雲／说雨谈云
* 談不上／谈不上 (tánbúshàng)
* 談不攏／谈不拢
* 談今論古／谈今论古
* 談何容易／谈何容易 (tánhéróngyì)
* 談價／谈价
* 談判／谈判 (tánpàn)
* 談判代表／谈判代表
* 談判制度／谈判制度
* 談判桌／谈判桌 (tánpànzhuō)
* 談到／谈到 (tándào)
* 談助／谈助
* 談叢／谈丛
* 談古說今／谈古说今
* 談古論今／谈古论今
* 談吐／谈吐 (tántǔ)
* 談吐如流／谈吐如流
* 談吐有致／谈吐有致
* 談吐風生／谈吐风生
* 談和／谈和
* 談天／谈天 (tántiān)
* 談天口／谈天口
* 談天房／谈天房
* 談天說地／谈天说地 (tántiānshuōdì)
* 談天論地／谈天论地
* 談妥／谈妥 (tántuǒ)
* 談宗／谈宗
* 談客／谈客
* 談屑／谈屑
* 談得來／谈得来 (tándélái)
* 談得攏／谈得拢
* 談徵／谈征
* 談心／谈心 (tánxīn)
* 談情說愛／谈情说爱 (tánqíngshuō'ài)
* 談戀愛／谈恋爱 (tán liàn'ài)
* 談攏／谈拢
* 談文論藝／谈文论艺
* 談星／谈星
* 談柄／谈柄
* 談玄／谈玄
* 談生意／谈生意
* 談空說有／谈空说有 (tánkōngshuōyǒu)
* 談笑／谈笑 (tánxiào)
* 談笑封侯／谈笑封侯
* 談笑自如／谈笑自如
* 談笑自若／谈笑自若 (tánxiào zìruò)
* 談笑風生／谈笑风生 (tánxiàofēngshēng)
* 談經說法／谈经说法
* 談羨／谈羡 (tánxiàn)
* 談興／谈兴
* 談虎色變／谈虎色变 (tánhǔsèbiàn)
* 談言微中／谈言微中
* 談話／谈话 (tánhuà)
* 談話會／谈话会
* 談論／谈论 (tánlùn)
* 談談／谈谈 (tántán)
* 談論風生／谈论风生
* 談議／谈议 (tányì)
* 談讌／谈宴
* 談資／谈资 (tánzī)
* 談辭如雲／谈辞如云
* 談鋒／谈锋 (tánfēng)
* 談開／谈开
* 談麈／谈麈
* 諧談／谐谈
* 譎怪之談／谲怪之谈
* 識文談字／识文谈字
* 趣談／趣谈 (qùtán)
* 辜汪會談／辜汪会谈
* 迂談闊論／迂谈阔论
* 避而不談／避而不谈 (bì'érbùtán)
* 邊界談判／边界谈判
* 鄉談／乡谈 (xiāngtán)
* 里談巷議／里谈巷议
* 長談／长谈 (chángtán)
* 閉口不談／闭口不谈
* 閒談／闲谈 (xiántán)
* 闊步高談／阔步高谈
* 限武談判／限武谈判
* 雄辯高談／雄辩高谈
* 雜談／杂谈
* 面談／面谈 (miàntán)
* 順口談天／顺口谈天
* 首腦會談／首脑会谈
* 高談／高谈
* 高談劇論／高谈剧论
* 高談大論／高谈大论
* 高談弘論／高谈弘论
* 高談快論／高谈快论
* 高談虛論／高谈虚论
* 高談虛辭／高谈虚辞
* 高談闊步／高谈阔步
* 高談闊論／高谈阔论 (gāotánkuòlùn)
* 高談雅步／高谈雅步
* 高談雄辯／高谈雄辩
* 麈談／麈谈 (zhǔtán)
* 點鬼之談／点鬼之谈

### References

* “談”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* story
* talk, conversation

#### Readings

* Go-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: たん (tan)
* Kun: かたる (kataru, 談る)
* Nanori: いき (iki)、いぎ (igi)、いな (ina)、いの (ino)、いのう (inō)、いのき (inoki)

#### Compounds

* 講談(こうだん) (kōdan)
* 講(こう)談(だん)師(し) (kōdanshi, “professional storyteller, raconteur”)
* 手(しゅ)談(だん) (shudan, “game of go”)
* 商(しょう)談(だん) (shōdan, “negotiation”)
* 相(そう)談(だん) (sōdan, “consultation, discussion”)
* 冗(じょう)談(だん) (jōdan, “joke”)
* 対(たい)談(だん) (taidan, “dialogue”)
* 雑(ざつ)談(だん) (zatsudan, “idle talk”)

## Korean
### Hanja

談 (eumhun 말씀 담 (malsseum dam))
* hanja form of 담 (“conversation”)

#### Compounds

* 회담 (會談, hoedam, “conference”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

談: Hán Nôm readings: đàm, giạm
* chữ Hán form of đàm.