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但

“single; one; whole; only”

但 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.

Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Tadashi.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

但 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)a(n/j), meaning “single; one; whole; only.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

但 comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)a(n/j) (“single; one; whole; only”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

但’s family of names

In Japanese usage, 但 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Tadashi.

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