特 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「牛」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「牛」
- On
- トク
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- special, particular
Origin
A phono-semantic character with 牛 (ox) and 寺 as the sound. It first meant a special bull, and came to mean special or particular.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| トク | 特殊・特産・独特 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 特別とくべつ
special
- 特急とっきゅう
express train
Example
今日は特別な日だ。
Today is a special day.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)