Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

272 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: discuss, talk

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ダン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(めんだん)   interview

会(ざだんかい)   round-table discussion

(じょうだん)   joke

(かいだん)   ghost story

する(そうだんする)   consult

する(たいだんする)   interview, converse

Onyomi Examples

ダン talk, story, conversation

ダンゴウ consultation, discussion, conference, collusion, bid-rigging

ジダン settlement out of court, private settlement

コウダン storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery, story