谈及 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tánjí

mention

tán talk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 炎 represents the sound. Simplified form of 談.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

炎 Sound component

yán flame

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

jí extend

Pictograph of a hand (又) reaching to grab a person (人).

Components

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (5 of 10 verified)

极级吸圾汲笈岌芨趿級

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gip	[m-k-]rəp	reach to

說文解字

逮也。从又从人。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

tán talk Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 炎 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

炎 Sound component

yán flame

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dam	lˤ[o]m	speak

說文解字

《說文》：“談，語也。从言，炎聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)