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但 [dàn] (但​是 dànshì) but; (但​只 dànzhǐ) only; (HDZ:) … [tǎn] ​袒 [yàn] (​古) ​吹​竽​的​人 [tán] ?

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 但 tǎn ‘bare the upper body; disrobe, (become) naked’ combines ​亻(​人 rén) ‘person’, and ​旦 dàn ‘dawn’ (phonosemantic); later also wr. ​袒.
    Compare: ​袒 zhàn ‘rip/burst a seam’, later also used for 但 tǎn ‘bare the upper body; disrobe, (become) naked’.
    HDZ: 但 : tǎn : ​袒: ​脱​衣​露​出​上​身 (cf. SW: ​裸: ​袒/但) • dàn : ​凡, ​凡​是; (​副​词) (​空, ​徒; ​只, ​仅 (cf. 但​只); ​只​管, ​尽​管); (​量​词) ​不​过, ​然​而; ​誕: ​欺​诈; ​彈: ​滑​动; ​憚: ​害​怕; (​姓) • yàn : (​古) ​吹​竽​的​人
►references: Karlgren:GSR149e; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.132.4; Mathews:6038; Guǎngyùn:122.23,284.16,401.22; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:97.21; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:052.1.04; EDOC:1
►components: ​亻​旦​​日​一
►Cantonese: daahn-
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