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Chinese symbol for “yet”

但
dàn
but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just

The closest CC-CEDICT match for yet is 但 (dàn), defined as: but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

但 dàn
only; but, however, yet, still
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “yet”

WordPinyinMeaning
仍réngstill; yet; to remain
然而rán érhowever; but; yet
仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet
还 (還)háistill; still in progress
而érand; as well as

Related words

Other words that share a character with 但.

WordPinyinMeaning
但是dàn shìbut; however
不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)
但愿 (但願)dàn yuànif only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
非但fēi dànnot only
但凡dàn fánevery single; as long as
但书 (但書)dàn shūproviso; qualifying clause

See also: Japanese symbol for “yet”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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