Meaning & readings
discuss, talk
On’yomi ダン
Origin
This character combines the speech radical 言, which marks characters related to talking and language, with 炎 on the right side. The 炎 component serves as a sound hint, suggesting roughly how the character should be pronounced, rather than contributing a meaning of its own. Together, the two parts create a character meaning to discuss or talk—the speech radical provides the semantic category, while the sound component helps anchor the specific pronunciation of this particular word for conversation.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Common words
- 縁談 えんだん marriage proposal; marriage talks
- 会談 かいだん talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference
- 怪談 かいだん ghost story; tale of the supernatural
- 歓談 かんだん pleasant talk; chat
- 講談 こうだん storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
- 懇談 こんだん friendly chat; relaxed conversation
- 雑談 ざつだん chatting; idle talk
- 示談 じだん settlement out of court; private settlement
Reference
- Strokes
- 15
- Kangxi radical
- 149
- Grade
- Grade 3 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #272 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+08AC7