特

special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

牛 (semantic, “ox”) + 寺 (phonetic, sì)

components: 牛寺

special · Heisig RSH #253

牛 cow + 寺 Buddhist temple

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寺

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寺 (sì) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
寺 sound component	sì	court, office; temple, monastery
持	chí	to hold, to support, to sustain
诗	shī	poetry; poem, verse, ode
侍	shì	to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai
恃	shì	to trust, to rely on; to presume
峙	zhì	to pile, to stack; to stand tall
痔	zhì	piles, hemorrhoids

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不特	bù tè	not only
特克斯县	Tè kè sī Xiàn	Tekes, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 …
特大	tè dà	exceptionally big
特区	tè qū	special administrative region; abbr. for 特別行政區\|特别行政区
特斯拉	Tè sī lā	Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian inventor and engineer; Tesla, an American electric vehic…
特斯拉	tè sī lā	tesla (unit)
特地	tè dì	specially; for a special purpose
特克斯	Tè kè sī	see 特克斯縣\|特克斯县[Te4 ke4 si1 Xian4]
特克斯	tè kè sī	(textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber
特性	tè xìng	property; characteristic
特发性	tè fā xìng	idiopathic
特有	tè yǒu	specific (to); characteristic (of); distinctive
巴斯特尔	Bā sī tè ěr	Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis
特化	tè huà	specialization
特里尔	Tè lǐ ěr	Trier (city in Germany)
阿特拉斯	Ā tè lā sī	Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology; Atlas Mountains in North Africa
阿特金斯	Ā tè jīn sī	Atkins (name)
特拉法尔加	Tè lā fǎ ěr jiā	Trafalgar
特长	tè cháng	personal strength; one's special ability or strong points
特利	Tè lì	(name) Terry