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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2404 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: however, but

Kunyomi: ただ.し

Onyomi: タン

Composition: 亻旦

但

Radical

Radical: 人

Meaning: man, human

Reading: ひと

Frequency: 794

Alternative forms:

亻(

alt radical position hen

)𠆢(

alt radical position kanmuri

)

人

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

但し（ただし） but, however, provided that

但し書き（ただしがき） proviso