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Pronunciation

Mandarin	dàn
Cantonese (Jyutping)	daan6
反切 Fanqie	徒旱切
Japanese Kun	tadashi, tada
Japanese On	tan, dan
Korean (Hangul)	단
Korean (Yale)	tan

Meaning

Definition

only; but, however, yet, still

Character Rank

Traditional	86
Simplified	121
常用字表	95
Hong Kong Grade Level	2
HSK v.3 Level	2
HSK v.3 Writing Level	1

Common Words With This Character  

但是	dànshì	but; however
不但	bùdàn	not only (... but also...)
但愿	dànyuàn	if only (something were possible); I wish (that)
非但	fēidàn	not only
但凡	dànfán	every single; as long as
但丁	dàndīng	Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	人 (#9:person)
Shuowen Radical	人
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+4F46
Big 5	A6FD
GB2312	B5AB

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	oam
Four Corner	2621.0
WuBi 86	wjgg
WuBi 98	wjgg