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Surname Tham

譚 · 談

Tham is a spelling of the Chinese surname 譚 (谭) or 談, following Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien pronunciation.

Characters for the surname Tham

The spelling Tham is common in Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien romanization.

  • 谭

    surname (simplified form of 譚)

    Cantonese taam4 / Hakka thàm / Hokkien thâm / Mandarin tán

    attested

  • 談

    surname; to talk, to discuss

    Cantonese taam4 / Hakka thàm / Mandarin tán

譚 all spellings of tán談 all spellings of tán

Possible characters for Tham

Tham 譚 tán · Hokkien · Cantonese 談 tán · Cantonese · Hakka
The spelling Tham can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
譚tán · Hokkien · Cantonese
談tán · Cantonese · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

  • Tan 譚Hokkien, Teochew, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Thum 譚Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka

About the surname Tham

Tham is a spelling of the surname 譚 (simplified 谭), following the Cantonese taam4, Hakka thàm and Hokkien thâm readings; in Mandarin it is tán. The same spelling can also stand for the surname 談, read taam4 in Cantonese and thàm in Hakka, which as a word means to talk. The character 谭 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. Which character applies depends on the family.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 譚 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 谭 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 談 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 談 · mdbg.net · meaning

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