但 · dàn
only; but, however, yet, still
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
only; but, however, yet, still
- Mandarin
- dàn
- Cantonese
- daan6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 但 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
Go deeperJisho ↗Wiktionary ↗
Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
Go deeperNaver Hanja ↗Wiktionary ↗
Reading sources explained
- 단
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+4F46
- Radical
- 人 · 9
- Strokes
- 7 · Unihan
- Residual
- 5
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
7 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 但
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 旦 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 旦聲
Line 9755 · ⿰亻旦 · 旦聲 · source reference 2872200
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
Sentence context · 1 matches
我不但吃了抓饭，而且还吃了烤肉串。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #401946 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: FeuDRenais, GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #401943 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- dan · 徒干 反切 · #515
- Middle Chinese
- danX · 徒旱 反切 · #1554
- Middle Chinese
- danH · 徒案 反切 · #2636
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 4327 · dan = 山開一平寒定 · danX = 山開一上寒定 · danH = 山開一去寒定
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- dàn
- kCantonese
- daan6
- kDefinition
- only; but, however, yet, still
- kTotalStrokes
- 7
- kRSUnicode
- 9.5
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:774
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- tǎn,dàn,yàn 10132.040
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- dàn 0213.010
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- dàn 065.080
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- dàn(2345)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- dàn粵daan6
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 徒干 徒旱 徒案
- Kangxi positions
- 0097.210
- Guangyun positions
- 122.23 284.16 401.22
- GSR references
- 0149e
- Cangjie
- OAM
- Four-corner
- 2621.0