[談] Handwritten Kanji for talk and its Readings, Radical and Usage

Today’s Kanji is “談” (dan); Kanji for “to talk”.

 

Handwritten Kanji “談” (dan)

 

Readings, Radical and Meaning of “談”

漢字 Kanji	読み Readings	ローマ字 Romaji	画数 Stroke Count	部首 Radical	意味 Meaning
談	ダン	dan	15	言	to talk

Readings contain “音読み(on-yomi)” and “訓読み(kun-yomi)“. On-yomi is written in “カタカナ(katakana)” and Kun-yomi is written in “ひらがな(hiragana)“. (⇒ What is On-yomi and Kun-yomi?)

 

Jukugo (Kanji Compound Words) / Usage of “談”

Jukugo / Usage	Yomi	Romaji	Meaning
相談する	そうだんする	Sōdan suru	Consult
冗談を言う	じょうだんをいう	Jōdan wo iu	Joke
縁談	えんだん	Endan	Marriage proposal

 

談笑（だんしょう）= talk and laugh, friendly chat