談 talk; discuss 15 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 272. Readings ダン (on reading): 冗談 (じょうだん) joke; 相談 (そうだん) consultation Components 言 炎 火 radical fire 言 radical speech Words using 談 冗談 (じょうだん) joke 相談 (そうだん) consultation 雑談 (ざつだん) chatting 講談社 (こうだんしゃ) Kodansha (publisher) 対談 (たいだん) talk 186 words in all. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists