漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
但: however, but
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 旦 is drawn in
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ただしtadashi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 但しただしbut; however; provided that
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 但書ただしがきproviso
- 但馬たじまTajima (former province located in the…
Also read タン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
旦
Also built on daybreak (旦)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side但 however · 旦
vs伸 expand · 申In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dàn
Same form: 但 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 但 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 但 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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