专
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for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 +3
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 專
- Common rank
- #750
- Unicode
- U+4E13
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Formation & memory
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How 专 is formed
How to remember it
specialty · Heisig RSH #1236
cornstalk + chop — as a component also called: corncob pipe
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 专
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生物专一性 | biospecificity | |
| 人民民主专政 | people's democratic dictatorship | |
| 专心一意 | to concentrate on | |
| 专用集成电路 | application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) | |
| 专门人员 | specialist; specialized staff | |
| 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处 | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | |
| 专制主义 | absolutism; despotism; autocracy | |
| 专有名词 | technical term; proper noun | |
| 专门家 | specialist | |
| 专业人士 | a professional | |
| 专门化 | to specialize | |
| 专利法 | patent law | |
| 专用网路 | dedicated network | |
| 专业性 | professionalism; specialization | |
| 专业化 | specialization | |
| 专门列车 | special train | |
| 医学专家 | medical expert; medical specialist | |
| 专利药品 | patent drugs | |
| 专美于前 | to monopolize the limelight (idiom); to get all the glory; to rank highest | |
| 高级专员 | high commissioner |
Sound family
These characters use 专 as their sound component — compare how they read.