但

但	U+4F46, 但 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F46

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但 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人日一 (OAM), four-corner 2621₀, composition ⿰亻旦)

Derived characters

𭈂, 𢭱, 𣵤, 𨧝, 𩊹, 亱, 𮏈, 𮃿, 𨵀, 𠜬

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 495
Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 132, character 4
Unihan data for U+4F46

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simp. and trad.		但

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Historical forms of the character 但
Small seal script s05883 Transcribed ancient scripts L34714 L16006 L16007
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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	Old Chinese
皽	tjaʀ, tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	daːn, daːn
疸	taːnʔ, taːns
觛	taːnʔ, taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	taːnʔ, tʰaːn, *djans
笪	taːnʔ, taːns, *taːd
狚	taːnʔ, taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	tʰaːn, rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	daːn, daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	daːn, djan
驙	daːn, tan
袒	daːnʔ, rdeːns
襢	daːnʔ, tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	daːns, djan
邅	tan, danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	tjan, tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	taːd, ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	taːd, tjad
炟	*taːd

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Characters in the same phonetic series (旦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 旦 (OC *taːns).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)a(n/j) (“single; one; whole; only”). Cognate with 單 (OC *taːn, “single”).

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Rime
Character	但	但	但
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒干切	徒旱切	徒案切
Baxter	dan	danX	danH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn/	/dɑn^X/	/dɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn/	/dɑn^X/	/dɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn/	/dɑn^X/	/dɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan/	/dan^X/	/dan^H/
Li Rong	/dɑn/	/dɑn^X/	/dɑn^H/
Wang Li	/dɑn/	/dɑn^X/	/dɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑn/	/dʱɑn^X/	/dʱɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	dàn	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan⁴	daan⁶	daan⁶

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	但
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn
Middle Chinese	‹ dan^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁa[n]ʔ/
English	only
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	但	但	但
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2060	2067	2072
Phonetic component	旦	旦	旦
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	壇	但	憚
Old Chinese	/*daːn/	/*daːnʔ/	/*daːns/
Notes	通作袒

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Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dān
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daan⁶

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): deng³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): an⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): than / thán

(Hailu, HRS): tan^ˇ / tan^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): dan⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): dan³
Eastern Min (BUC): dáng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dang⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tān / nā

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang⁶

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): dang⁶
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): daan⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶de / ⁶daen / ⁶dae
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan⁵ / dan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴
  - Yale: dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
  - Palladius: дань (danʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: dān
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tã⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daan⁶
  - Yale: daahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²²/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: deng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: an⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /an³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: than / thán
  - Hakka Romanization System: tan / tan^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tan⁴ / tan³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵⁵/, /tʰan³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tan^ˇ / tan^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰan¹¹/, /tʰan²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tan⁵³/

Note: thán/tanˊ - archaic.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dan³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tæ̃⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dang⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān
  - Tâi-lô: tān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā
  - Tâi-lô: nā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: na
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nã³³/

Note:

tān - literary;
nā - vernacular (limited, e.g. 毋但).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³⁵/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: dang⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /taŋ³³/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: daan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶de
  - MiniDict: de^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /de²³¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶daen
  - MiniDict: daen^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /dẽ̞¹¹³/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dae
  - MiniDict: dae^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /dɛ¹¹³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dan⁵ / dan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan²¹/, /tan⁴⁵/

Note:

dan5 - vernacular;
dan4 - literary.

Middle Chinese: dan, danX, danH

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤa[n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːn/, /*daːnʔ/, /*daːns/

Definitions

但

only
但求 ― dàn qiú ― to only hope
but; however; yet; still
但是 ― dànshì ― but

這種情況很少見，但也不是不會發生。 [MSC, trad.]
这种情况很少见，但也不是不会发生。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng hěn shàojiàn, dàn yě bùshì bùhuì fāshēng. [Pinyin]
This type of situation is rare, but it may still happen.
a surname
(Protestantism) Dan

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		而, 然, 但, 卻, 則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		但是, 但, 可是, 不過, 然而
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
	Malaysia	但
	Singapore	但, 但是, 可是, 不過
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	但是
Southwestern Mandarin	Pematangsiantar	tapi
Cantonese	Guangzhou	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係
	Hong Kong	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係, but
	Taishan	但係
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	但係
	Singapore (Guangfu)	但係, 不過, 之不過
Hakka	Meixian	但係, 董係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	但係, 毋過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	但係, 毋過, 毋故
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	但係, 毋過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	但係, 毋過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	但係, 毋過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋過
	Senai (Huiyang)	但係
	Kuching (Hepo)	tapi
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	但是
Eastern Min	Matsu	但是
Southern Min	Xiamen	但是, 毋過, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Quanzhou	但是, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Zhangzhou	但是, 毋過, 不過, 不而過
	Taipei	但是, 毋過, 不而過
	Penang (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Manila (Hokkien)	但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Medan (Hokkien)	tapi
	Shantou	是呾
	Shantou (Chenghai)	是呾
	Jieyang	是呾, 比補
	Bangkok (Teochew)	但是, แต่ว่า
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	但是, tapi
	Singapore (Teochew)	tapi, 不過, 但是
	Wenchang	但是
	Qionghai	但是
Wu	Shanghai	但是, 必過, 不過, 但不過, 但必過
Wu	Wuxi	但必過

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Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]

(Dan): (Catholicism) 丹 (dān)

Compounds

不但 (bùdàn)
但云
何但
但使
但係 / 但系
但凡 (dànfán)
但店 (Dàndiàn)
但得
但是 (dànshì)
但曲
但書 / 但书 (dànshū)
但有 (dànyǒu)
但歌
但民
但求塞責 / 但求塞责
但求如願 / 但求如愿
但澤 / 但泽 (Dànzé)
但聞 / 但闻 (dànwén)
但須 / 但须
但願 / 但愿 (dànyuàn)
可但
撒但 (Sādàn)
撒但教 (Sādànjiào)
格但斯克 (Gédànsīkè)
豈但 / 岂但 (qǐdàn)
非但 (fēidàn)

Kanji

但

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: だん (dan)
Kan-on: たん (tan)
Kun: ただし (tadashi, 但し, Jōyō)、ただ (tada, 但)

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ただ Grade: S
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For pronunciation and definitions of 但 – see the following entry.

【ただ】	[adverb] 唯, 只, 但: merely, commonly, simply, only [conjunction] 唯, 只, 但, 惟: but, however, although, except that Alternative spellings 唯, 只, 惟

(This term, 但, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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ただ(し) Grade: S
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Proper noun

但(ただし) or 但(たゞし) • (Tadashi)

a male given name

Hanja

但 (eumhun 다만 단 (daman dan))

hanja form^? of 단 (“only”)
hanja form^? of 단 (“but, however, yet, still”)

Han character

但: Hán Việt readings: đãn^[1]^[2], đán
但: Nôm readings: giản^[3], đản^[3], đởn^[4]

(literary) only
(literary) but, however

References

[Trần_(1999)-1] [1]
Trần (1999).

[bonet-2] [2]
Bonet (1899).

[btcn-3] [3]
Hồ (1976).

[tdcntd-4] [4]
Nguyễn et al. (2009).

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