不过 (bù guò)

only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a pre

Character breakdown

不 (bù) · 4 strokes

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.
过 (Guō) · 6 strokes

Simplified form of 過. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. The 咼 component was simplified to 寸.