特

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 牛 (“ox”) + phonetic 寺

Han character

特 (radical 93 牛+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹手土木戈 (HQGDI), four-corner 2454₁)

1. bull, ox
2. special, unique, distinguished

References

• KangXi: page 700, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20013
• Dae Jaweon: page 1113, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1808, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7279

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Cantonese

Hanzi

特 (Yale dak6)

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Japanese

Kanji

特 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: とく (toku), どく (doku)
• Kun: おうし (oushi), ひとり (hitori), ことに (kotoni)

Compounds

• 特別 (とくべつ, tokubetsu)
• 特殊 (とくしゅ, tokushu)

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Korean

Hanja

特 (hangeul 특, revised teuk, McCune-Reischauer t'ŭk, Yale thuk)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

特 (pinyin tè (te4), Wade-Giles t'e⁴)

Compounds

• 特化
• 特別,特別

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Middle Chinese

Han character

特 (dhək)

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Vietnamese

Han character

特 (đặc, đực, đước, được, sệt)