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特

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special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 3
Strokes
10
Radical
牛 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
特
Common rank
#63
Unicode
U+7279

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 特 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

牛 meaning “ox” + 寺 sound ( sì )

Components 牛 寺

How to remember it

special · Heisig RSH #253

牛 cow + 寺 Buddhist temple

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 特

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
不特 bù tè not only
特克斯县 Tè kè sī Xiàn Tekes, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 …
特大 tè dà exceptionally big
特区 tè qū special administrative region; abbr. for 特別行政區|特别行政区
特斯拉 Tè sī lā Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian inventor and engineer; Tesla, an American electric vehic…
特斯拉 tè sī lā tesla (unit)
特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose
特克斯 Tè kè sī see 特克斯縣|特克斯县[Te4 ke4 si1 Xian4]
特克斯 tè kè sī (textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber
特性 tè xìng property; characteristic
特发性 tè fā xìng idiopathic
特有 tè yǒu specific (to); characteristic (of); distinctive
巴斯特尔 Bā sī tè ěr Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis
特化 tè huà specialization
特里尔 Tè lǐ ěr Trier (city in Germany)
阿特拉斯 Ā tè lā sī Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology; Atlas Mountains in North Africa
阿特金斯 Ā tè jīn sī Atkins (name)
特拉法尔加 Tè lā fǎ ěr jiā Trafalgar
特长 tè cháng personal strength; one's special ability or strong points
特利 Tè lì (name) Terry

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 寺 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
寺 sound part sì court, office; temple, monastery
持 chí to hold, to support, to sustain
诗 shī poetry; poem, verse, ode
侍 shì to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai
恃 shì to trust, to rely on; to presume
峙 zhì to pile, to stack; to stand tall
痔 zhì piles, hemorrhoids