surname Tan

= + : Tecumseh ate too much in the anthill and wants to leave, but the entrance is blocked by a very modern talking advertising column. The advertising is talking a lot of nonsense and Tecumseh would just have to request it to step aside, but he ate too much and his itis is so strong that he can't even talk.
to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss

= + : Tecumseh ate too much in the anthill and wants to leave, but the entrance is blocked by a very modern talking advertising column. The advertising is talking a lot of nonsense and Tecumseh would just have to request it to step aside, but he ate too much and his itis is so strong that he can't even talk.

谈 character breakdown

flame / inflammation / -itis

= : Mnemonic symbol: As I just learned "itis" is the feeling you get after eating too much.

= : Maud Younger ate too much just inside anthill. She's sleeping so hard that she doesn't even wake up from the fire which is spreading fast.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 谈 as component

谈 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 谈

to discuss / to have a chat
face-to-face meeting / an interview
talks / discussions / CL:次[ci4]
variant of 閒談|闲谈[xian2 tan2]
to confer / to discuss / to engage in talks
to refer to / to speak about / to talk about
discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech
to harangue / loud arrogant talk / to spout
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
to discuss behind closed doors
discussion of various topics
to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning
summit talks / discussion between heads of state

Sentences with 谈

谈 currently does not appear in any sentence.