See also:
U+8AC7, 談
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AC7

[U+8AC6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8AC8]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 149, +8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口火火 (YRFF), four-corner 09689, composition )

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *l'aːm): semantic (speech) + phonetic (OC *ɦlam).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-tam ~ g-dam.

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /tʰan³⁵/
Harbin /tʰan²⁴/
Tianjin /tʰan⁴⁵/
Jinan /tʰã⁴²/
Qingdao /tʰã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tʰan⁴²/
Xi'an /tʰã²⁴/
Xining /tʰã²⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰan⁵³/
Lanzhou /tʰɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /tʰan⁵¹/
Wuhan /tʰan²¹³/
Chengdu /tʰan³¹/
Guiyang /tʰan²¹/
Kunming /tʰã̠³¹/
Nanjing /tʰʰaŋ²⁴/
Hefei /tʰæ̃⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰæ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /tʰɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /tʰæ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /de²³/
Suzhou /de̞¹³/
Hangzhou /dẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /da³¹/
Hui Shexian /tʰɛ⁴⁴/
Tunxi /tʰɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /tan¹³/
Xiangtan /dan¹²/
Gan Nanchang /tʰan²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /tʰam¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʰɑm¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰam²¹/
Nanning /tʰam²¹/
Hong Kong /tʰam²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tam³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /taŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tʰaŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /tʰam⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ham³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
taam4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14292
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'aːm/

Definitions edit

  1. to talk; to converse
      ―  miàntán  ―  to talk to someone face-to-face
      ―  tánpàn  ―  to negotiate
  2. to discuss; to chat
      ―  tánlùn  ―  to discuss
      ―  tántiān  ―  to chat
  3. remark; conversation
      ―  tán  ―  surprising remark
      ―  tán  ―  amusing remark
  4. to praise
  5. a surname

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. story
  2. talk, conversation

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 말씀 (malsseum dam))

  1. Hanja form? of (conversation).

Compounds edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: đàm, giạm

  1. chữ Hán form of đàm.