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 <WL>谈(F談) [tán] talk/chat (谈话), discuss (谈论)
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-The character 谈/談(􀘦) tán ‘talk/chat’ combines 讠/言 yán ‘direct speech’, and 炎(􁯅) yán ‘leaping tongues of flame’ (phonosemantic).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 谈/談(􀘦) tán ‘talk/chat’ combines 讠/言 yán ‘direct speech’, and 炎(􁯅) yán ‘leaping tongues of flame’ (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. 谭/譚.
-	Note: The function of 炎 in 谈/談 is said to be as in 淡 ‘plain/ordinary/uncomplicated/prosaic’, as in 平淡之语 (DYC).
+	Note: In 谈/談 the component 炎 is said to function as in 淡 dàn ‘plain/ordinary/uncomplicated/prosaic’, cf. 平淡之语 (DYC).
 	Compare: 淡(􁽎) dàn ‘bland/insipid/plain’, formerly also wr. 澹; 詹(􀋴) zhān ‘rant/talkative’.
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