Character: 談
Modern (Beijing) reading: tán
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhām
Classic Old Chinese: lhām
Western Han Chinese: lhām
Eastern Han Chinese: lhām
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhām
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhām
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhām
Middle Chinese: dâm
English meaning : to speak, chat
Russian meaning[s]: 1) беседовать, разговаривать; беседа; 2) замечания на... (в заглавиях книг); 3) Тань (фамилия)
Comments: For *lh- cf. Chaozhou tham2.
Dialectal data: Dialectal data Number: 2068
Character: 談
MC description : 咸開一平談定
ZIHUI: 6151 1672
Beijing: than 12
Jinan: thã 12
Xi'an: thã 12
Taiyuan: thä̃ 1
Hankou: than 12
Chengdu: than 12
Yangzhou: thɛ̃ 12
Suzhou: de_ 12
Wenzhou: da 12
Changsha: tan 12
Shuangfeng: dã 12
Nanchang: than 12
Meixian: tham 12
Guangzhou: thām 12
Xiamen: tam 12
Chaozhou: tham 12
Fuzhou: taŋ 12
Shanghai: te_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: tham 12
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 5492
Karlgren code: 0617 l