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ただし U+4F46, 但
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F46

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

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character

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ただし (Kangxi radical 9, ひと+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input ひといち (OAM), four-corner 26210, composition だん)

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.
ただし

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character ただし


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 (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns) : semantic (person) + phonetic だん (OC *taːns).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Rime
Character ただし ただし ただし
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (こえ) じょう (7) じょう (7) じょう (7)
Final (いん) さむ (61) さむ (61) さむ (61)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open Open Open
Division (ひとし) I I I
Fanqie きり ひでりきり あんきり
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑn/ /dʱɑnX/ /dʱɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tán dàn dàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taan4 daan6 daan6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character ただし
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 ただし ただし ただし
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 2060 2067 2072
Phonetic
component
だん だん だん
Rime
group
もと もと もと
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
だん ただし はばか
Old
Chinese
/*daːn/ /*daːnʔ/ /*daːns/
Notes つうさく

Definitions

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ただし

  1. only
    ただしもとむ  ―  dàn qiú  ―  to only hope
  2. but; however; yet; still
    ただしこれ  ―  dànshì  ―  but
    たね情況じょうきょうしょうただしかい發生はっせい [MSC, trad.]
    じょうしょうただしかい发生 [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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ただし

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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ただし(ただし) or ただし(たゞし) (Tadashi

  1. a male given name

Korean

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Hanja

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

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

References

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