Chinese Character 谈 Meanings and components.

Form

谈

Meaning

谈 meaning[3] in English

Surname Tan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 谈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , 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 IVFF

How to write 谈

To write谈tan2surname Tan you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 炎yan2flame arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 炎 = 谈

谈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谈
Pinyin:tan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Tan
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
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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