Memory phrase for the character: 但

但

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Meaning but, yet, however, merely, still

Pronunciation

dàn

Explanation

Left: person 亻, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一)

Mnemonic
 
One person watches the sunrise, but ...

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 above the horizon 一 at sunrise.
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 Vocabulary

但是 dàn shì  but; however
不但 bù dàn  not only (... but also...)
不但 bù dàn  

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