Chinese Character 但 Meanings and components.

Form

但

Meaning

但 meaning[3] in English

But.

Yet.

However.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 但 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and dawn (旦)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OAM

How to write 但

To write但dan4but you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 旦dan4dawn arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 旦 = 但

但 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 但 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 但, looks as follow:

但
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: But . Yet . However . Only . Merely . Still
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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