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{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{stroke order|strokes=7}}
{{stroke order|type=animate}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=9|rad=人|as=05|sn=7|four=26210|canj=OAM|ids=⿰亻旦}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𭈂]], [[𢭱]], [[𣵤]], [[𨧝]], [[𩊹]], [[亱]], [[𮏈]], [[𮃿]], [[𨵀]], [[𠜬]]}}

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0097.210|dkj=00495|dj=0206.100|hdz=10132.040|uh=4F46}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|人|alt1=亻|t1=person|旦|ls=psc|c1=s|c2=p}}.

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*(d/t)a(n/j)||single; one; whole; only}}. Cognate with {{och-l|單|single|id=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=dàn
|c=daan6
|h=pfs=than/thán
|h_note=thán - archaic
|md=dáng
|mn=tān/xm,qz,tw:nā
|mn_note=tān - literary; nā - vernacular (limited, e.g. {{zh-l|*毋但}})
|mn-t=dang6
|w=sh:5te
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=a,adv,con,prep
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[only]]
#: {{zh-x|但 求|to '''only''' hope}}
# [[but]]; [[however]]; [[yet]]; [[still]]
#: {{zh-x|但是|but}}
#: {{zh-x|這 種 情況 很 少見，但 也 不是 不會 發生。|This type of situation is rare, '''but''' it may still happen.}}
# {{surname|zh}}
# {{lb|zh|Protestantism}} [[Dan]]

====Synonyms====
{{zh-dial|但是}}
* {{sense|Dan}} {{q|Catholicism}} {{zh-l|丹}}

{{attention|zh|are 但 and 但是 legitimately pure synonyms that can be freely swapped without sounding weird or are there things to beware of?}}

===Compounds===
{{col3|zh|不但|但有|但書|但求塞責|但歌|但是|可但|但曲|但得|但使|但須|但願|但民|但云|但澤|但聞|但凡|何但|但求如願|撒但|格但斯克|非但|豈但|但店|撒但教|但係}}

{{cat|cmn|Elementary Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=c|rs=人05}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=だん
|kanon=たん
|kun=ただ-し, ただ-
}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|ただ|yomi=k}}
{{ja-see|ただ}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|ただ|o1=し|yomi=k}}

====Proper noun====
{{ja-pos|proper|ただし|たゞし}}

# {{given name|ja|male}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|다만|단}}

# {{hanja form of|단|[[only]]}}
# {{hanja form of|단|[[but]], [[however]], [[yet]], [[still]]}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|rs=人05
|hanviet=đãn-Trần (1999);bonet, đán
|nom=giản-btcn, đản-btcn, đởn-tdcntd
}}

# {{lb|vi|literary}} [[only]]
# {{lb|vi|literary}} [[but]], [[however]]

===References===
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