洽谈
qiàtán · HSK 7
to discuss
🤝 洽 harmonize + 谈 talk = talk until both sides are in harmony
谈 — speech radical 讠 + flame 炎
谈 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 讠 (speech) gives the meaning, indicating something said or discussed. The right side 炎 (flame, blaze) originally suggested the phonetic value and evokes lively, animated talk — like words flowing in conversation.