談 — dam

Parts that make up 談

How 談 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 談 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 炎.

Korean example words with 談

• 대담大談 Korean gloss: 큰 장담
• 언담言談 Korean gloss: 말이나 말씨
• 괴담怪談 Korean gloss: 괴상한 이야기
• 극담劇談 Korean gloss: 쾌활한 이야기
• 소담笑談 Korean gloss: 우스운 이야기
• 용담用談 Korean gloss: 볼일에 관한 말
• 후담後談 Korean gloss: 그 뒤의 이야기
• 군담軍談 Korean gloss: 전쟁에 대한 이야기
• 정담政談 Korean gloss: 정치에 관한 이야기
• 잡담雜談 Korean gloss: 쓸데없이 지껄이는 말
• 음담淫談 Korean gloss: 음란하고 방탕한 이야기
• 진담珍談 Korean gloss: 진귀하고 기이한 이야기

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 談

• 会談かいだん talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
• 相談そうだん consultation; discussion; discussing
• 懇談こんだん friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting
• 談合だんごう bid rigging; collusion (on contract bidding); (illegal) price-fixing agreement
• 相談役そうだんやく counselor; counsellor; adviser
• 談話だんわ talk; conversation; dialogue
• 冗談じょうだん joke; jest; funny story
• 商談しょうだん business discussion; negotiation
• 対談たいだん talk; dialogue; conversation
• 座談会ざだんかい symposium; round-table discussion
• 相談所そうだんじょ consultation office; information center; bureau
• 講談こうだん storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

Characters sharing the phonetic 炎

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “담”

Other hanja with radical 言