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Tam in Chinese / Japanese...

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Tam

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 tamu
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タム is the name Tam in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Tam

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 tán
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譚 is the name Tam in Chinese (Mandarin).

Tan

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 tán
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譚 is the surname Tan in Chinese.

The original form is 譚 but generations ago some changed the character to 覃 and some write it 檀 or 談. All of these romanize as tán in Mandarin Chinese and Tam in Cantonese. 覃, 檀, and 談 are rarely used for surnames now, you probably want 譚.

If you are looking for the origin of the Vietnamese name Tan, that came from 秦.

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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

羅文

罗文

see styles		 luó wén
    luo2 wen2
lo wen
 ramon
    らもん

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Rowin
Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
(personal name) Ramon

銅羅

see styles		  doura / dora
    どら

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(kana only) gong; tam-tam

銅鑼

铜锣

see styles		 tóng luó
    tong2 luo2
t`ung lo
    tung lo
 dōra
    どら

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gong
(kana only) gong; tam-tam
A gong.

ドーサ

see styles		  dooza
    ドーザ

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(food term) dosa (fermented crepe) (tam:); (personal name) Dauzat

譚詠麟

谭咏麟

see styles		 tán yǒng lín
    tan2 yong3 lin2
t`an yung lin
    tan yung lin
 arantamu
    あらんたむ

譚詠麟
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Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
(personal name) Arantamu

タムタム

see styles		  damudamu
    ダムダム

タムタム
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(1) tam-tam; (2) (See トムトム) tom-tom; (place-name) Dum Dum (India)

ドーサイ

see styles		  doosai
    ドーサイ

ドーサイ
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(food term) dosa (fermented crepe) (tam:)

Variations:
銅鑼
銅羅

see styles		  dora; doura; dora / dora; dora; dora
    どら; どうら; ドラ		 (kana only) gong; tam-tam

Variations:
ドーサ
ドーサイ

see styles		  doosa; doosai
    ドーサ; ドーサイ		 {food} dosa (fermented crepe) (tam:)

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Tamタムtamu
Tam譚
谭		tán / tan2 / tant`an / tan
Tan譚
谭		tán / tan2 / tant`an / tan
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


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