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Chinese symbol for “converse”

交谈
jiāo tán
Traditional: 交談
to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion

The closest CC-CEDICT match for converse is 交谈 (jiāo tán), defined as: to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

交 jiāo
to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
谈 tán
to talk, to chat; conversation; surname
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “converse”

WordPinyinMeaning
谈 (談)tánto speak; to talk
会话 (會話)huì huà(language learning) conversation; dialog
搭腔dā qiāngto answer; to respond
答腔dā qiāngto answer; to respond

Related words

Other words that share a character with 交谈.

WordPinyinMeaning
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
交换 (交換)jiāo huànto exchange; to swap
外交wài jiāodiplomacy; diplomatic
交给 (交給)jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over
谈判 (談判)tán pànto negotiate; negotiation
谈话 (談話)tán huàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation

See also: Japanese symbol for “converse”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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