TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
談
ㄊㄢˊ · tán
verb — to talk, converse, discuss
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITyán → tán — the initial hardens, tone shifts
Speech (言) beside a double fire (炎) — words trading back and forth, warm and lively, to converse. 炎 yán carries the sound, hardened to tán. From the exchange: 談話、談論、閒談.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩團火（炎）旺旺地燒，話（言）你一句我一句——談開了。
Two fires (炎) burning bright, words (言) passing back and forth — the talk catches.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)談話、交談— to talk, converse常用
→談論— to discuss常用
→閒談— to chat
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension