Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
但
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 8 forms
是
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Bronze script 西周中期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 20 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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“迈克尔”是一个男名，但是“米歇尔”是一个女名。
"Michael" is a man's name, but "Michelle" is a woman's name.
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A够了，但是B不够。
There was enough of A, but not enough of B.
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不在祖国的时候我很想家，但是在家的时候我又想旅游。
When I'm away from home, I miss it dearly, but when I am at home, I want to travel.
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从苏黎世到波士顿坐飞机要八个小时，但是返回时只要六个。
It takes eight hours to fly from Zurich to Boston, but only six for the return trip.
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他不是歌手，但是个演员。
He is not singer but an actor.
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他们中的一些人身体健康，但是其他人不是。
Some of them are healthy, but others are not.
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他有他的缺点，但是我爱他。
I love him despite his faults.
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他确实很穷，但是他很幸福。
He is poor, to be sure, but he is happy.