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<WL>谈(F談) [tán] talk/chat (谈话), discuss (谈论)
 
<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).
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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).
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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’.
 
Compare: 淡(􁽎) dàn ‘bland/insipid/plain’, formerly also wr. 澹; 詹(􀋴) zhān ‘rant/talkative’.
 
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