U+4F46 "但" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+4F46 "但" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally means "but," "however," or "merely," functioning as a conjunction or adverb in modern Mandarin. It is composed of the radical "亻" (person) on the left and "旦" (dawn, daybreak) on the right, which together convey the idea of someone standing or acting only at a specific time, thus implying limitation or contrast. In classical and literary Chinese, its usage ranges from indicating "only" or "just" to serving as a pragmatic marker for a shift in argument or expectation. This character appears frequently in both written and spoken Chinese, making it an essential component for expressing adversative or conditional relationships in sentences. Its encoding as part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures broad support across digital platforms for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.