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-<WL>谈(F談) [tán] talk
+<WL>谈(F談) [tán] talk/chat (谈话), discuss (谈论)
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-From 讠(言 yán) ‘words’ and 炎 yán (‘burning hot’) phonetic.
+The character 谈/談(􀘦) tán ‘talk/chat’ combines 讠/言 yán ‘direct speech’, and 炎(􁯅) yán ‘leaping tongues of flame’ (phonosemantic).
+	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).
+	Compare: 淡(􁽎) dàn ‘bland/insipid/plain’, formerly also wr. 澹; 詹(􀋴) zhān ‘rant/talkative’.
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 #c讠炎
 #y taahm\
 </WL>