特

特 U+7279, 特
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7279
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[U+7278] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 牺 →
[U+727A]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 特

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
等 *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ
待 *dɯːʔ
寺 *ljɯs
持 *l'ɯ
峙 *dɯʔ
痔 *dɯʔ
跱 *dɯʔ
歭 *dɯʔ
洔 *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ
畤 *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ
秲 *dɯʔ, *djɯs
庤 *dɯʔ
時 *djɯ
鰣 *djɯ
塒 *djɯ
蒔 *djɯ, *djɯs
榯 *djɯ
恃 *djɯʔ
侍 *djɯs
詩 *hljɯ
邿 *hljɯ
特 *dɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *dɯːɡ) : semantic 牛 (“ox”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs).

Etymology

Compare Thai ถึก (tʉ̀k, “young ox, male water buffalo”), Lao ເຖິກ (thœk, “male (of animal)”), Proto-Vietic *dək (“male”) > Vietnamese đực (“male (of animal); bull”).

Related to 犆 (OC *dɯɡ, “male animal”).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 特
Mandarin Beijing /tʰɤ⁵¹/
Harbin /tʰɤ⁵³/
Tianjin /tʰɤ⁵³/
Jinan /tʰə⁴²/ ～別
/tei⁴²/ ～為
Qingdao /tʰə⁵⁵/ ～務
/te⁵⁵/ ～為
Zhengzhou /tʰɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /tʰei²⁴/
Xining /tʰɨ²⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰa¹³/
/tʰia¹³/
/tʰə¹³/
Lanzhou /tʰə¹³/
Ürümqi /tʰɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /tʰɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /tʰe³¹/
/tʰie³¹/
Guiyang /tʰɛ²¹/
Kunming /tʰə³¹/
Nanjing /tʰəʔ⁵/
Hefei /tʰɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰaʔ²/
Pingyao /tʰʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /tʰaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /dəʔ¹/
Suzhou /dəʔ³/
Hangzhou /dəʔ²/
Wenzhou /de²¹³/
Hui Shexian /tʰe²²/
/tʰi²²/
Tunxi /tʰe¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /tʰə²⁴/
Xiangtan /tʰæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /tʰɛʔ²/
Hakka Meixian /tʰit̚⁵/
Taoyuan /tʰit̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tɐk̚²/
Nanning /tɐk̚²²/
Hong Kong /tɐk̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tik̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tɛiʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tʰɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tek̚⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔdek̚³/
Rime
Character 特
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒得切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dək̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dək̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dək̚/
Li
Rong		 /dək̚/
Wang
Li		 /dək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dé
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 特
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dok ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]ˤək/
English bull

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 特
Reading # 1/1
No. 12055
Phonetic
component		 寺
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 特
Old
Chinese		 /*dɯːɡ/

Definitions

特

  1. † (of animal, especially bull) male
  2. † ox; bull
  3. † alone; by oneself
  4. † single-handed; by oneself
  5. † only; just
  6. special; unique; distinguished
  7. specially; especially
  8. Short for 特務／特务 (tèwù, “special agent; spy”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

特

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. special

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

特 • (teuk)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 특 (revised: teuk, McCune–Reischauer: t'ŭk, Yale: thuk)
    • Name (hangeul): 특별하다, 수컷 (revised: teukbyeolhada, sukeot, McCune–Reischauer: t'ŭkpyŏrhada, suk'ŏt, Yale: thukpyelhada, swukhes)
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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

特 (đặc, đực, đước, được, sệt)

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