Chinese

特色

/tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
something special; characteristic; distinguishing quality; feature; specialty; trait
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5

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Lineage

  • characterChinese特 “bull; ox”
    • meaningChinese牛 “bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭/头 m c mb md; 條/条 m g h x; 隻/只 m c g …”
    • soundChinese寺 “government court; office (before the Han dynasty)”
      • soundChinese之 “to go”
        • ideaChinese止 “foot”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • meaningChinese又 “again; once more”
  • characterChinese色 “color; tint; hue; shade (Classifier: 隻/只 c)”
    • ideaChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
    • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 隻/只 h)”
    • ideaChinese卩 “kneeling person”
    • ideaChinese卪 “joint; node”

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