Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 特
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特 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
special, unique, distinguished, unusual |
Pronunciation |
tè |
Explanation |
Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸) |
Mnemonic
| (Typically smaller animals like sheep were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is sth: special. |
Radicals
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牛
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cow | (second earth branch) |
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寺
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temple | |
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寸
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skillful hand | (Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 特性 |
tè xìng |
property; characteristic | | 卡特 |
Kǎ tè |
Carter (name); James Earl (Jimmy) Carter (1924-), US Democrat politician, president 1977-1981 | | 沙特阿拉伯 |
Shā tè Ā lā bó |
Saudi Arabia | | 贝鲁特 |
Bèi lǔ tè |
Beirut, capital of Lebanon | | 莱特 |
Lái tè |
Wright (surname) | | 呼和浩特 |
Hū hé hào tè |
Hohhot prefecture level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region | | 喀斯特 |
kā sī tè |
karst (loanword); weathered limestone often forming caves | | 鲁特啤酒 |
lǔ tè pí jiǔ |
root beer | | 贝娅特丽克丝 |
Bèi yà tè lí kè sī |
Beatrix (name) | | 摹扎特 |
Mó zā tè |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer | | 特种 |
tè zhǒng |
particular kind; special type |
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