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Kanji Detail for 談 - "to talk, to discuss, story"

談

  • Meaning

    談 means "to talk, to discuss, story."

    1. Talk - To speak; to converse.

    2. Discuss - To talk about; to exchange views.

    3. Story - A narrative; a tale.

  • Words using 談

    • 会談 かいだん Listen talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
    • 相談 そうだん Listen consultation; discussion; discussing
    • 懇談 こんだん Listen friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting
    • 談合 だんごう Listen bid rigging; collusion (on contract bidding); (illegal) price-fixing agreement
    • 相談役 そうだんやく Listen counselor; counsellor; adviser
    • 談話 だんわ Listen talk; conversation; dialogue
    • 冗談 じょうだん Listen joke; jest; funny story
    • 商談 しょうだん Listen business discussion; negotiation

  • Four-character idioms with 談

    • 俗談平話 ぞくだんへいわ Listen conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
    • 冗談半分 じょうだんはんぶん Listen half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
    • 炉辺談話 ろへんだんわ Listen fireside chat
    • 街談巷語 がいだんこうご Listen street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
    • 街談巷説 がいだんこうせつ Listen street gossips and idle rumors
    • 談論風発 だんろんふうはつ Listen spirited discussion

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    • Verified meaning: to talk, to discuss, story
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いき, いぎ, いな, いの)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 談

    Surnames 談(いき)Listen 談(いぎ)Listen 談(いな)Listen 談(いの)Listen 談(いのう)Listen 談(いのき)Listen 談(たん)Listen 談(だん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    discuss; talk

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    talk; conversation; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Tan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to talk, to chat; conversation; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Speaking freely. Discussing things broadly in conversation is called 談. Such as 清談 (pure conversation), 閒談 (idle chat).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dan(ダン) ダン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to talk to discuss story narrate conversation chat communication conference consultation converse debate deliberation dialogue discourse exchange gossip narrative negotiation speak tale

Sentences including 談

  • Don't pull my leg !

  • He could not see the joke.

  • Her joke fell flat.

  • It was just a joke.

  • My uncle told me the story by way of a joke.

  • It's no joke.

  • He regarded the story as a joke.

  • My joke went over very well.

  • I have something to talk over with you.

  • Why not talk it over with your teacher?

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