談
談·talk, discussion
- On-yomi
- ダン
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相談 | そうだん | consultation, asking advice |
| 冗談 | じょうだん | joke |
| 会談 | かいだん | talks, conference |
| 面談 | めんだん | interview, face-to-face meeting |
Example sentences
ちょっと相談したいことがあります。
ちょっとそうだんしたいことがあります。
There's something I'd like to talk over with you.
今のは冗談ですよ。
いまのはじょうだんですよ。
That was a joke, you know.
来週、先生と面談があります。
らいしゅう、せんせいとめんだんがあります。
I have a meeting with the teacher next week.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 冗談 as じょうたん instead of じょうだん
- Saying 相談を聞く for giving advice — you 相談に乗る (take up someone's consultation)
Memory aid
Picture it
Words (言) beside a double fire (炎) — people talking warmly around the hearth.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 冗談じょうだんjoke
- 相談に乗るそうだんにのるto give advice
- 相談するそうだんするto consult, to talk something over
- 相談そうだんconsultation, advice
- 商談しょうだんbusiness negotiation, business talks
- 対談するたいだんするto have a (formal) conversation, to hold a dialogue
- 談合だんごうbid-rigging, collusion
- 雑談ざつだんchat; idle talk; small talk
- 縁談えんだんmarriage proposal; offer of marriage; marriage talks
- 会談かいだんtalks; conference; (formal) meeting; interview
- 対談たいだんa talk between two people; dialogue; published conversation
- 座談会ざだんかいround-table discussion; panel talk; symposium
Quick check
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What does the kanji 談 mean?