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U+4F46, 但
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F46

[U+4F45]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F47]

Translingual

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Stroke order
7 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character


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).

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Note: thán - archaic.
Note:
  • tān - literary;
  • nā - vernacular (limited, e.g. 毋但).
Note:
  • dan5 - vernacular;
  • dan4 - literary.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
    Initial () (7) (7) (7)
    Final () (61) (61) (61)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open Open
    Division () I I I
    Fanqie
    Baxter dan danX danH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /dɑn/ /dɑnX/ /dɑnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /dɑn/ /dɑnX/ /dɑnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /dɑn/ /dɑnX/ /dɑnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /dan/ /danX/ /danH/
    Li
    Rong
    /dɑn/ /dɑnX/ /dɑnH/
    Wang
    Li
    /dɑn/ /dɑnX/ /dɑnH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /dʱɑn/ /dʱɑnX/ /dʱɑnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    tán dàn dàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    taan4 daan6 daan6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    dàn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ danX ›
    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
    No. 2060 2067 2072
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1 1 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*daːn/ /*daːnʔ/ /*daːns/
    Notes

    Definitions

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    1. only
        ―  dàn qiú  ―  to only hope
    2. but; however; yet; still
        ―  dànshì  ―  but
      情況少見不是不會發生 [MSC, trad.]
      情况少见不是不会发生 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng hěn shàojiàn, dàn yě bùshì bùhuì fāshēng. [Pinyin]
      This type of situation is rare, but it may still happen.
    3. a surname
    4. (Protestantism) Dan

    Synonyms

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    • (Dan): (Catholicism) (dān)

    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    (Jōyō kanji)

    Readings

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

    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    ただ
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
    ただ
    [adverb] , , : merely, commonly, simply, only
    [conjunction] , , : but, however, although, except that
    Alternative spellings
    ,
    (This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    ただ(し)
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi

    Proper noun

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    (ただし) or (たゞし) (Tadashi

    1. a male given name

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (eumhun 다만 (daman dan))

    1. hanja form? of (only)
    2. hanja form? of (but, however, yet, still)

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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

    1. (literary) only
    2. (literary) but, however

    References

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