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但 — stroke order
Watch how to write 但 (dàn) stroke by stroke. 但 has 7 strokes and means “only”. It appears in common words such as 但是 (but) and 不但 (not only). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 但
The most common words that use 但 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
但是dànshìbut不但bùdànnot only但願dànyuànif only非但fēidànnot only撒但sādànvariant of 撒旦, Satan or Shaitan但以理書dànyǐlǐshūBook of Daniel
How 但 is written
- Radical
- 亻
- Components
- 亻 ＋ 旦
- Formation
- Pictophonetic character — formed from a phonetic component 旦.