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談 = 言 + 炎

談 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “discuss”. It is built from 言 (say) and 炎 (inflammation). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 374.

Keyword
discuss
RTK frame
374
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ダン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
обсуждать
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
談 talk

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 言 say
  2. 炎 inflammation

How to find 談 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “say” + “inflammation”. 談 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 談 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.