Chinese Character 談 Meanings and components.

Form

談

Meaning

談 meaning[3] in English

Surname Tan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 談 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and flame (炎)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRFF

How to write 談

To write談tan2surname Tan you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 炎yan2flame arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 炎 = 談

談 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 談 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 談, looks as follow:

談
Pinyin:tan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Tan
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
炎
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Flame . Inflammation . -Itis
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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