但
but, merely
但 is composed of the radical 人 (person) and 旦 (dawn). 旦 depicts the sun just rising above the horizon, making everything on the flat ground clearly visible with nothing hidden. Therefore, 但 originally meant a person with their body fully exposed or bare; this meaning was later replaced by
Vocabulary of 但
- 但是 (however)
- 但凡 (all)
- 但願 (if only)
Classification
Related Characters:
2人
human3亾
flee3亼
gather4仆
fall prostrate4什assorted4仁humane4仇hatred4介between4仍still4从from4今present4化change4仌
ice5付
deliver5仙immortal5以
use5仕official5㐱measles5令
order5代replace5他he6伕labor6任duty6伉
resist6休rest6伐attack6伎
skill6企tiptoe6众numerous6仰upward6仿
copy6伍associate7伺
wait7伴partner7位
position7低low7何why7作
do7住
stay7佈
spread7佐assist7余surname7似
similar7佑assist7伸stretch7但but7你you7佛Buddha7估estimate7佔
occupy7体body7伶actor7伯
senior8侍
serve8侈
extravagant8佳
good8供provide8佼handsome8例example8侖arrange8來come8侔equal8佯pretend9俑burial figure9俗
secular9俠
knight-errant9保
protect9俎
chopping board9俏charming9侮insult9係connect9便handy9信trust9侶companion10倒invert10健strong10使employ10倡singer10倣imitate10倝glowing light of the rising sun10倉granary10倭
dwarf10俱entirely10倫order10倦
tired10個general classifier10倖lucky11偉great11偓constrained11停
stop11偶image11側side11偵detect11假
fake12傍
near12傑outstanding13傳
pass13傷wound13僉all13僅only13債debt14僰ethnic14僚official14像
appearance14僮servant boy14僥
luck15儈
broker15儀ceremony15億a hundred million16儘furthest16儒scholar17償
repay17儲store