譚

See also: 谭

譚	U+8B5A, 譚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B5A

← 譙
[U+8B59]

CJK Unified Ideographs

譛 →
[U+8B5B]

Translingual

Han character

譚 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口一田十 (YRMWJ), four-corner 0164₆, composition ⿰言覃)

Related characters

谭 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 1182, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35978
Dae Jaweon: page 1645, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4017, character 8
Unihan data for U+8B5A

Chinese

trad.		譚
simp.		谭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 譚
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (覃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
鷣	luː, lɯm
撢	l̥ʰɯːm, l'ɯːms, lɯm, ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	l'ɯːm, lɯmʔ
譚	l'ɯːm, l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	l'ɯːm, ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	l'ɯːm, l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	l'ɯːm, lɯm
燂	l'ɯːm, zlom, *ljum
醰	l'ɯːm, l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	l'ɯːmʔ, l'ɯːms
瞫	l'ɯːms, hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	ljɯm, lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tán (tan²)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ
(Chengdu, SP): tan²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): taam⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): ham³, ham⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thàm
(Meixian, Guangdong): tam²
Min Dong (BUC): tàng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): thâm / tâm / tâⁿ
(Teochew, Peng'im): tam⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): de (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): dan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tán
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan²
  - Yale: tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
  - Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tan²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰan²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam⁴
  - Yale: tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ham³, ham⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham²²/, /ham²¹/

Note: ham4 - surname.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: tamˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tam²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tam²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
  - Tâi-lô: thâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taam
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tʰam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm
  - Tâi-lô: tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daam
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tã²⁴/

Note:

Taiwan:
- thâm - surname.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tam⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: de (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥e̞²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan¹³/

Middle Chinese: /dʌm/, /dʌm^X/

Rime
Character	譚	譚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒含切	徒感切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌm/	/dʌm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dəm/	/dəm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒm/	/dɒm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəm/	/dəm^X/
Li Rong	/dᴀm/	/dᴀm^X/
Wang Li	/dɒm/	/dɒm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱăm/	/dʱăm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam⁴	daam⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːm/, /*l'ɯːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	譚	譚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12319	12331
Phonetic component	覃	覃
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	覃	禫
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːm/	/*l'ɯːmʔ/

Definitions

譚

Alternative form of 談／谈 (tán, “to discuss”).
- 彭陽見王果曰：「夫子何不譚我於王？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  彭阳见王果曰：“夫子何不谭我于王？” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Péng Yáng jiàn Wáng Guǒ yuē: “Fūzǐ hé bù tán wǒ yú wáng?” [Pinyin]
  Ze-yang went to see Wang Guo, and said to him, 'Master, why do you not mention me to the king?
a surname
譚詠麟／谭咏麟 [Cantonese] ― taam⁴ wing⁶ leon⁴ [Jyutping] ― Alan Tam

Compounds

參譚／参谭
夜譚隨錄／夜谭随录
天方夜譚／天方夜谭 (tiānfāngyètán)
巷議街譚／巷议街谭

老生常譚／老生常谭
菜根譚／菜根谭
譚公／谭公 (Tángōng)
譚天說地／谭天说地

譚家／谭家 (Tánjiā)
譚家灣／谭家湾 (Tánjiāwān)
譚山／谭山 (Tánshān)
高譚清論／高谭清论

Japanese

Kanji

譚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

story

Readings

Go-on: どん (don)^{←どん (don, historical)}^{←どむ (domu, ancient)}
Kan-on: たん (tan)^{←たん (tan, historical)}^{←たむ (tamu, ancient)}
Kan’yō-on: だん (dan)
Kun: はなし (hanashi, 譚)

Compounds

譚歌(たんか) (tanka)
譚詩(たんし) (tanshi)
譚詩曲(たんしきょく) (tanshikyoku)
奇譚(きたん) (kitan)
古譚(こたん) (kotan)
本生譚(ほんじょうたん) (honjōtan)
民譚(みんだん) (mindan)
夢譚(むたん) (mutan)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
譚
たん Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 譚 (MC dʌm, dʌm^X).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tã̠ɴ]

Suffix

譚(たん) • (-tan)

story; tale
変身(へんしん)譚(たん) ― henshin-tan ― story that features a metamorphosis
復讐(ふくしゅう)譚(たん) ― fukushū-tan ― tale of revenge
継子(ままこ)いじめ譚(たん) ― mamako-ijime-tan ― story of stepchild abuse
『ディオニュソス譚(たん)』 ― “Dionyusosu-tan” ― Dionysiaca

Korean

Hanja

譚 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

譚: Hán Nôm readings: đàm

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