特 tè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 牛 — ox, cow, bull
- Made of
- 牛 ox, cow, bull 寺 court, office
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
特殊
tèshū
special
Characters in this word
殊 shū
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 歹 — corpse
- Made of
- 歹 corpse 朱 cinnabar, vermilion
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 情况很特殊。 Qíng kuàng hěn tè shū. The situation is very special.
- 他有特殊要求。 Tā yǒu tè shū yāo qiú. He has special requests.
- 这天很特殊。 Zhè tiān hěn tè shū. This day is very special.