譚

See also: 谭

譚 U+8B5A, 譚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B5A ← 譙 [U+8B59] CJK Unified Ideographs 譛 → [U+8B5B]

Translingual

Han character

譚 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口一田十 (YRMWJ), four-corner 0164₆, composition ⿰訁覃)

Related characters

• 谭 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1182, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35978
• Dae Jaweon: page 1645, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4017, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8B5A

Chinese

trad.		譚
simp.		谭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 譚
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (覃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鷣	*luː, *lɯm
撢	*l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	*l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	*l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	*l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂	*l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	*l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫	*l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	*ljɯm, *lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tán (tan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tan²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taam⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham³, ham⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thàm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tam²

• Eastern Min (BUC): tàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thâm / tâm / tâⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶de
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²
    • Yale: tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
    • Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tan²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰan²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴
    • Yale: tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ham³, ham⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham²²/, /ham²¹/

Note: ham4 - surname.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: tamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
    • Tâi-lô: thâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm
    • Tâi-lô: tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daam
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã²⁴/

Note:

• Taiwan:
  • thâm - surname.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tam⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâm
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶de
    • MiniDict: de^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dom, domX

Rime
Character	譚	譚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒含切	徒感切
Baxter	dom	domX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌm/	/dʌmX/
Pan Wuyun	/dəm/	/dəmX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒm/	/dɒmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəm/	/dəmX/
Li Rong	/dᴀm/	/dᴀmX/
Wang Li	/dɒm/	/dɒmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱăm/	/dʱămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam4	daam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːm/, /*l'ɯːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	譚	譚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12319	12331
Phonetic component	覃	覃
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	覃	禫
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːm/	/*l'ɯːmʔ/

Definitions

譚

1. Alternative form of 談／谈 (tán, “to discuss”)

   • 彭陽見王果曰：「夫子何不譚我於王？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     彭阳见王果曰：「夫子何不谭我于王？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Péng Yáng jiàn Wáng Guǒ yuē: “Fūzǐ hé bù tán wǒ yú wáng?” [Pinyin]

     Ze-yang went to see Wang Guo, and said to him, 'Master, why do you not mention me to the king?

2. a surname

   譚詠麟／谭咏麟 [Cantonese]  ―  taam⁴ wing⁶ leon⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  Alan Tam

Compounds

• 參譚／参谭
• 夜譚隨錄／夜谭随录
• 天方夜譚／天方夜谭 (tiānfāngyètán)
• 巷議街譚／巷议街谭
• 老生常譚／老生常谭 (lǎoshēngchángtán)
• 菜根譚／菜根谭
• 譚公／谭公 (Tángōng)
• 譚天說地／谭天说地
• 譚家／谭家 (Tánjiā)
• 譚家灣／谭家湾 (Tánjiāwān)
• 譚山／谭山 (Tánshān)
• 高譚清論／高谭清论

 

Japanese

Kanji

譚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. story

Readings

• Go-on: どん (don)^{←どん (don, historical)←どむ (domu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: たん (tan)^{←たん (tan, historical)←たむ (tamu, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: だん (dan)
• Kun: はなし (hanashi, 譚)

Compounds

Compounds

• 譚歌(たんか) (tanka)
• 譚詩(たんし) (tanshi)
• 譚詩曲(たんしきょく) (tanshikyoku)
• 奇譚(きたん) (kitan)
• 古譚(こたん) (kotan)
• 本生譚(ほんじょうたん) (honjōtan)
• 民譚(みんだん) (mindan)
• 夢譚(むたん) (mutan)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
譚
たん Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 譚 (MC dom|domX).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tã̠ɴ]

Suffix

譚(たん) • (-tan) 

1. story; tale

   変身(へんしん)譚(たん) ― henshin-tan ― story that features a metamorphosis

   復讐(ふくしゅう)譚(たん) ― fukushū-tan ― tale of revenge

   継子(ままこ)いじめ譚(たん) ― mamako-ijime-tan ― story of stepchild abuse

   『ディオニュソス譚(たん)』 ― “Dionyusosu-tan” ― Dionysiaca

See also

• 話(はなし) (hanashi), 物語(ものがたり) (monogatari)

Korean

Hanja

譚 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

譚: Hán Nôm readings: đàm

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