# 談 — Talk

Frequency rank 540 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 酸 (Acid), less common than 録 (Record).

- On’yomi: だん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

You say (言) something to the boiling (炎) crowd — a heated talk that gets everyone fired up.

In words:

- 相談 そうだん・する — to discuss
- 冗談 じょうだん — jest,joke
- 雑談 ざつだん — chatting;idle talk

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