Read Edit View history Discussion 特 tè HSK2 special Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bull". The meaning later shifted to "prominent" and "special". Pinyin Separate values with commas tè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 特 Simp strokes 特 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 特 Simp strokes 特 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 特 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 188, 660 ], [ 209, 644 ], [ 221, 623 ], [ 209, 581 ], [ 155, 473 ], [ 101, 401 ] ], [ [ 211, 515 ], [ 225, 522 ], [ 280, 527 ], [ 393, 560 ], [ 444, 563 ] ], [ [ 302, 809 ], [ 354, 755 ], [ 345, 334 ], [ 335, 164 ], [ 325, 101 ], [ 328, 10 ] ], [ [ 87, 244 ], [ 146, 237 ], [ 367, 365 ], [ 412, 399 ] ], [ [ 521, 630 ], [ 543, 625 ], [ 598, 628 ], [ 731, 663 ], [ 791, 667 ] ], [ [ 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