The kanji 但: meaning, readings and stroke order
但
- Meaning
- but, however
- On reading
- —
- Kun reading
- ただ(し) tadashi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nhưng, tuy nhiên (đãn)
- Japanese
- ただし。けれども。
- Korean
- 다만, 단 (단)
- Chinese
- 但是、不过
Readings, words and example sentences
ただ(し) tadashi · kun reading · less common
但し
however, but
但し 雨の 日は 休みです。
However, it's off on rainy days.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.