# 特

| 特 | U+7279, &#29305; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7279 |
| ← 牸 [U+7278] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 牺 → [U+727A] |
| ㊕ | U+3295, &#12949; CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH SPECIAL |
| ← ㊔ [U+3294] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㊖ → [U+3296] |

## Translingual
### Han character

特 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹手土木戈 (HQGDI), four-corner 2454$_1$, composition ⿰牛寺)

#### Derived characters

* 𭉪, 𬌣, 𬃿, 𧎬

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 700, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20013
* Dae Jaweon: page 1113, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1808, character 11
* Unihan data for U+7279

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 等 | *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ |
| 待 | *dɯːʔ |
| 寺 | *ljɯs |
| 持 | *l'ɯ |
| 峙 | *dɯʔ |
| 痔 | *dɯʔ |
| 跱 | *dɯʔ |
| 歭 | *dɯʔ |
| 洔 | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ |
| 畤 | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ |
| 秲 | *dɯʔ, *djɯs |
| 庤 | *dɯʔ |
| 時 | *djɯ |
| 鰣 | *djɯ |
| 塒 | *djɯ |
| 蒔 | *djɯ, *djɯs |
| 榯 | *djɯ |
| 恃 | *djɯʔ |
| 侍 | *djɯs |
| 詩 | *hljɯ |
| 邿 | *hljɯ |
| 特 | *dɯːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dɯːɡ): semantic 牛 (“ox”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs) – large bull.

### Etymology

There seem to be two main semantic fields: "bull" and "single; unique". It is unclear whether these two fields are related. Schuessler (2007) suggests a possible derivation of "bull" from "match", but "bull" seems to be the earlier sense. The "single; unique" sense could be an extension of "bull" due to its largeness (Li Xueqin, 2012).
In the "bull" sense, it is related to 犆 (OC *dɯɡ, “ox”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Wang (1982) relates the "three-year-animal" sense to 犢 (OC *l'oːɡ, “calf”); see there for more.
In the "single" sense, it is related to 直 (OC *dɯɡ, “simply; only”), 職 (OC *tjɯɡ, “simply; only”) (Schuessler, 2007). Wang (1982) relates it to 徒 (OC *l'aː) and 但 (OC *daːnʔ) in the "only" sense, as well as 獨 (OC *doːɡ, “single”) in the "single" sense, but see these entries for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tè (te$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tie$^2$ / te$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dak$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ak$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tet$^6$ / tet$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thi̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tid$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tah$^5$ / teh$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): tă̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): dĕk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k / tia̍k / te̍rk
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dêg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$deq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): te$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tè
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tè
*** Wade–Giles: tʻê$^4$
*** Yale: tè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teh
*** Palladius: тэ (tɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɤ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tie$^2$ / te$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tie / te
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɛ²¹/, /tʰɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dak$^6$
*** Yale: dahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ak$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ak̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tet$^6$ / tet$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛt̚⁵/, /tʰɛt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: tid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰit̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰit̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tah$^5$ / teh$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰaʔ⁵⁴/, /tʰəʔ⁵⁴/
* tah5 - vernacular;
* teh5 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit特 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tʰɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /tʰɤ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /tʰɤ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /tʰə⁴²/ ～別 /tei⁴²/ ～為 |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʰə⁵⁵/ ～務 /te⁵⁵/ ～為 |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /tʰɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /tʰei²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /tʰɨ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /tʰa¹³/ /tʰia¹³/ /tʰə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /tʰə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /tʰɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /tʰɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /tʰe³¹/ /tʰie³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /tʰɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /tʰə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /tʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /tʰɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /tʰaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /tʰʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /tʰaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /dəʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /dəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /dəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /de²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /tʰe²²/ /tʰi²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /tʰe¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tʰə²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /tʰæ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /tʰɛʔ²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /tʰit̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʰit̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tɐk̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /tɐk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /tɐk̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tik̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tɛiʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tek̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔdek̚³/ |
* Middle Chinese: dok
Rime :
| Character | 特 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 德 (131) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒得切 |
| Baxter | dok |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dək̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /dək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dak$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*dɯːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 特 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dok › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]ˁək/ |
| English | bull |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 特 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12055 |
| Phonetic component | 寺 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 特 |
| Old Chinese | /*dɯːɡ/ |

### Definitions

特
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bull; ox
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Guī, jiǎ yú zǔ mí, yòng tè. [Pinyin]
    (When all was done), he returned (to the capital), repaired (to the ancestral temple) and offered a bull.
    From: c. early 3rd century, 曹丕,《列異傳》(Tales of Marvels), translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang
    Wǔdū gùdào xiàn yǒu nù tè cí, yún shén běn nánshān dà zǐ yě. [Pinyin]
    In Wudu County stands the Shrine to the Angry Bull. It is said that this deity was once a giant catalpa tree on the south hill.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cattle
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of animals, especially bull) male
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) one domestic animal
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) three-year-old animal
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Bù shòu bù liè, hú zhān ěr tíng yǒu xuán tè xī. [Pinyin]
    You do not follow the chase; How do we see those three-year-olds hanging in your court-yards?
* (literary) single; alone; by oneself
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) match; mate; spouse
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Dàn bǐ liǎng máo, shí wéi wǒ tè. [Pinyin]
    With his two tufts of hair falling over his forehead, He was my only one.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stand tall
* special; unique; distinguished
* (literary) only; just
    From: c. mid-11th century, Wang Anshi (王安石), After Reading the Biography of Lord Mengchang（《讀孟嘗君傳》）
    Jiēhū! Mèngchángjūn tè jīmínggǒudào zhī xióng ěr, qǐ zúyǐ yán déshì? [Pinyin]
    Alas! Lord Mengchang was merely the chieftain of those who crowed like cocks and stole like dogs! How could he be said to be capable of attracting scholars to his circle?
* specially; intentionally
* (colloquial) especially; outstandingly
    今天天特熱。／今天天特热。 ― Jīntiān tiān tè rè. ― It's especially hot today.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) in vain
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) unexpectedly; yet
* Short for 特務／特务 (tèwù, “special agent; spy”).
* (Mainland China) Short for 特克斯 (tèkèsī, “tex”).
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 犅, 特, 犆 †, 牯 †, 犍 †, 犗 † |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 公牛, 牯牛, 牡牛, 雄牛, 犍牛 †, 閹牛 †, 種牛 ‡ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 公牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 公牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 牤牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 牤牛, 牤子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 牤牛, 牤子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 牤牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 牤牛, 牤子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 牤子, 牤牛, 犍牛 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 牤子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 牤牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 公牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 牤子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 牤牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牤牛, 公牛, 犍子 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 犍子, 蛋犍子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 公牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 公牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 毛牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 𤙎牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 牤牛, 老犍 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 公牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 公牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 牤牛, 牤犍 †, 犍子 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騷牛, 犍牛 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 公牛, 犍牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 騷牛, 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 牯牛, 騷牯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 公牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 公牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 公牛, 牛牯, 閹牯 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 牯子, 騷牯子, 公牛 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 犍牛, 牯牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 牯牛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牛公, 公牛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 生牯, 牛牯 † |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 牛牯, 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 公牛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 牛公 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牛牯, 樣牯子, 驐牯子 † |
| Gan | Lichuan | 牛牯, 結牛 † |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 牛牯, 牯牛, 閹牛牯 † |
| Gan | Guixi | 閹牯 † |
| Hakka | Meixian | 牛牯, 牛牯仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 牛牯, 牛公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 牛公, 牛牯仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Changting | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 牛牯 † |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 牛牯頭 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 牛牯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 牯牛, 驐牛 † |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 公牛 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 牯牛, 犍牯 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 牯牛, 騷牯, 犍牯 † |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 牛牯仂 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 牯牛 † |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 牛牯, 肉牛 † |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 公牛 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 牙牛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 公牛, 犍牛 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 牤牛 |
| Jin | Linhe | 騷牛 |
| Jin | Jining | 犍牛 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 牤牛 |
| Jin | Baotou | 犍牛 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 公牛 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 犍牛 |
| Jin | Handan | 犍牛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 牛牯, 羯牯 † |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 牛角 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 牛犅, 牛牯 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛犅 † |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 牛公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 牛犅, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 牛犅, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種仔 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 牛公, 牛犅仔, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 牛公, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種仔 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 牛公, 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 牛牯, 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 公牛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 公牛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 牛公 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 牛牯, 牛閹 † |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 牛犅, 牛哥, 公牛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 牛哥 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 牛牯 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 牛牯 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 牛牯 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 牛翁 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 牛牯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雄牛, 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 雄牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 牯牛, 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 牯牛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 雄牛, 牯牛 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 雄牛 |
| Wu | Danyang | 公牛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 公牛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 雄牛, 羯牛 † |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牛牯 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雄牛, 牛牯, 羯牛 † |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 羯牯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 牛牯子, 牛牯, 牯牛, 牛公子, 牛公, 騷牯子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 牯牛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 牛牯 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 牯牛 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 牯牛, 閹牛 † |
| Note | † - bullock; ‡ - stud | † - bullock; ‡ - stud |

### Compounds

* 丁等特考
* 不特 (bùtè)
* 丙等特考
* 乙等特考
* 亞特拉斯 / 亚特拉斯
* 亞特蘭大 / 亚特兰大 (Yàtèlándà)
* 亨利福特
* 介特
* 伊斯特島 / 伊斯特岛
* 伏特 (fútè)
* 伏特加 (fútèjiā)
* 伏特計 / 伏特计 (fútèjì)
* 佛蒙特州
* 克勒特
* 加伏特
* 努瓦克肖特 (Nǔwǎkèxiàotè)
* 努納武特 / 努纳武特 (Nǔnàwǔtè)
* 勃朗特
* 匹特曼
* 卓特
* 厄魯特族 / 厄鲁特族
* 史特勞斯 / 史特劳斯
* 吐外特 (Tǔwàitè)
* 名特
* 名特優新 / 名特优新
* 吉特巴
* 哈姆雷特
* 土伯特
* 基爾特 / 基尔特 (jī'ěrtè)
* 外交特權 / 外交特权 (wàijiāo tèquán)
* 多來特巴格 / 多来特巴格 (Duōláitè Bāgé)
* 大書特書 / 大书特书 (dàshūtèshū)
* 大特寫 / 大特写
* 大錯特錯 / 大错特错 (dàcuòtècuò)
* 夸特 (kuātè)
* 奇特 (qítè)
* 奧特貝希 / 奥特贝希 (Àotèbèixī)
* 孤特
* 密斯特
* 寶特瓶 / 宝特瓶 (bǎotèpíng)
* 巴勒特
* 巴特那
* 布勒斯特
* 布特哈
* 布萊恩特 / 布莱恩特
* 布萊特 / 布莱特
* 希特勒 (Xītèlè)
* 席特拉灣 / 席特拉湾
* 幽特貝 / 幽特贝
* 底特律 (Dǐtèlǜ)
* 弗雷特 (Fúléitè)
* 強風特報 / 强风特报
* 彭特莫
* 怪特
* 惠特曼
* 拉巴特 (Lābātè)
* 文化特質 / 文化特质
* 斯普特尼克 (sīpǔtèníkè)
* 斯里賈亞瓦德納普拉科特 / 斯里贾亚瓦德纳普拉科特 (Sīlǐ Jiǎyàwǎdénàpǔlā Kētè)
* 曼徹斯特 / 曼彻斯特 (Mànchèsītè)
* 朱比特 (Zhūbǐtè)
* 李斯特 (Lǐsītè)
* 模特兒 / 模特儿
* 沙特 (Shātè)
* 沙達特 / 沙达特
* 波特 (Bōtè)
* 波特萊爾 / 波特莱尔
* 波特酒
* 特事特辦 / 特事特办 (tèshìtèbàn)
* 特令 (tèlìng)
* 特任
* 特使 (tèshǐ)
* 特例 (tèlì)
* 特來 / 特来 (tèlái)
* 特價 / 特价 (tèjià)
* 特價品 / 特价品
* 特優 / 特优
* 特兒 / 特儿
* 特准 (tèzhǔn)
* 特出 (tèchū)
* 特刊 (tèkān)
* 特別 / 特别 (tèbié)
* 特別來賓 / 特别来宾
* 特別刑法 / 特别刑法 (tèbié xíngfǎ)
* 特別助理 / 特别助理
* 特利可得
* 特別報導 / 特别报导
* 特別法 / 特别法
* 特別節目 / 特别节目
* 特別股 / 特别股
* 特別護士 / 特别护士
* 特別費 / 特别费
* 特別賣力 / 特别卖力
* 特別門診 / 特别门诊
* 特務 / 特务 (tèwù)
* 特勤 (tèqín)
* 特化 (tèhuà)
* 特區 / 特区 (tèqū)
* 特古
* 特命 (tèmìng)
* 特哥大
* 特地 (tèdì)
* 特型演員 / 特型演员
* 特報 / 特报
* 特多龍 / 特多龙 (tèduōlóng)
* 特大 (tèdà)
* 特定 (tèdìng)
* 特宥
* 特寫 / 特写 (tèxiě)
* 特寫鏡頭 / 特写镜头
* 特展
* 特工 (tègōng)
* 特強 / 特强
* 特徵 / 特征 (tèzhēng)
* 特性 (tèxìng)
* 特性美
* 特恩
* 特惠 (tèhuì)
* 特惠制度
* 特惠待遇
* 特惠關稅 / 特惠关税
* 特意 (tèyì)
* 特技 (tèjì)
* 特技鏡頭 / 特技镜头
* 特支
* 特攻隊 / 特攻队
* 特故
* 特效 (tèxiào)
* 特效藥 / 特效药 (tèxiàoyào)
* 特教 (tèjiào)
* 特有 (tèyǒu)
* 特權 / 特权 (tèquán)
* 特此 (tècǐ)
* 特殊 (tèshū)
* 特殊兒童 / 特殊儿童
* 特殊因素
* 特殊性 (tèshūxìng)
* 特殊性向
* 特殊才能
* 特殊效果 (tèshū xiàoguǒ)
* 特殊教育 (tèshū jiàoyù)
* 特殊營業 / 特殊营业
* 特派 (tèpài)
* 特洛伊城
* 特派員 / 特派员 (tèpàiyuán)
* 特為 / 特为 (tèwèi)
* 特煞
* 特特
* 特特意意
* 特特為為 / 特特为为
* 特獎 / 特奖
* 特甚 (tèshèn)
* 特產 / 特产 (tèchǎn)
* 特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
* 特異功能 / 特异功能 (tèyì gōngnéng)
* 特稱 / 特称 (tèchēng)
* 特種 / 特种 (tèzhǒng)
* 特種作戰 / 特种作战
* 特種兵 / 特种兵 (tèzhǒngbīng)
* 特種工藝 / 特种工艺 (tèzhǒng gōngyì)
* 特種文書 / 特种文书
* 特種考試 / 特种考试
* 特種部隊 / 特种部队 (tèzhǒng bùduì)
* 特種鋼 / 特种钢
* 特稿 (tègǎo)
* 特立
* 特立獨行 / 特立独行 (tèlìdúxíng)
* 特等 (tèděng)
* 特約 / 特约 (tèyuē)
* 特約商店 / 特约商店
* 特約演員 / 特约演员
* 特級 / 特级 (tèjí)
* 特考
* 特色 (tèsè)
* 特藏
* 特藝彩色 / 特艺彩色
* 特製 / 特制 (tèzhì)
* 特許 / 特许 (tèxǔ)
* 特許行業 / 特许行业
* 特許費 / 特许费
* 特警 (tèjǐng)
* 特貸 / 特贷
* 特質 / 特质 (tèzhì)
* 特賣 / 特卖 (tèmài)
* 特賣活動 / 特卖活动
* 特赦 (tèshè)
* 特赦令
* 特起
* 特輯 / 特辑 (tèjí)
* 特達 / 特达
* 特遣 (tèqiǎn)
* 特選 / 特选
* 特長 / 特长 (tècháng)
* 特餐
* 特骨
* 特體 / 特体
* 特高頻 / 特高频 (tè gāopín)
* 特高頻率 / 特高频率
* 特點 / 特点 (tèdiǎn)
* 獨特 / 独特 (dútè)
* 珪璋特達 / 珪璋特达
* 瑪特廖什卡 / 玛特廖什卡 (mǎtèliàoshíkǎ)
* 瓦特 (wǎtè)
* 瓦特表
* 用特
* 甲等特考
* 異特龍 / 异特龙
* 異軍特起 / 异军特起
* 白壁特
* 福斯特 (Fúsītè)
* 科威特 (Kēwēitè)
* 科威特市
* 經濟特區 / 经济特区 (jīngjì tèqū)
* 舒伯特 (Shūbótè)
* 艾略特
* 英特
* 英特邁往 / 英特迈往
* 莫札特 (Mòzhátè)
* 萊特兄弟 / 莱特兄弟
* 裴特
* 詭特 / 诡特
* 豪雨特報 / 豪雨特报
* 貝特 / 贝特
* 貝開特 / 贝开特
* 貝魯特 / 贝鲁特 (Bèilǔtè)
* 赫斯特 (Hèsītè)
* 邱比特 (Qiūbǐtè)
* 闊什薩特瑪 / 阔什萨特玛 (Kuòshísàtèmǎ)
* 阿斯嘉特 (Āsījiātè)
* 阿爾考特 / 阿尔考特
* 阿特拉斯 (Ātèlāsī)
* 陪士特
* 霍普特曼
* 非特
* 魯特琴 / 鲁特琴 (lǔtèqín)
* 鹿特丹 (Lùtèdān)

### Descendants

* → Bouyei: dag (“male (of animals); classifier for male animals”)
* → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *tʰɤkᴰ (“young male animal”)
** Thai: ถึก (tʉ̀k, “young ox; male water buffalo”)
** Lao: ເຖິກ (thœk, “male (of animals)”)
* → Proto-Vietic: *dək (“male”)
** Vietnamese: đực (“male (of animal); bull”)
* → Zhuang: daeg (“male (of animals); classifier for young males”)

### References

* “特”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* ox, bull
* special, exceptional, extraordinary
* especially

#### Readings

* Go-on: どく (doku)
* Kan-on: とく (toku, Jōyō)
* Kun: おうし (ōshi, 特)、ひとり (hitori, 特り)、ことに (kotoni, 特に)、ことなる (kotonaru, 特なる)

#### Compounds

* 特異(とくい) (tokui)
* 特効薬(とっこうやく) (tokkōyaku)
* 特撮(とくさつ) (tokusatsu)
* 特殊(とくしゅ) (tokushu)
* 特捜(とくそう) (tokusō)
* 特定(とくてい) (tokutei)
* 特別(とくべつ) (tokubetsu)
* 特防(とくぼう) (tokubō)
* 特務(とくむ) (tokumu)
* 独特(どくとく) (dokutoku)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 特 (MC dok, “special; male livestock”).

### Hanja

Wikisource 特 (eumhun 특별할 특 (teukbyeolhal teuk)) 特 (eumhun 수컷 특 (sukeot teuk))
* (used in compounds) hanja form of 특 (“special; exceptional”)
* (literary) hanja form of 특 (“male animal”)

#### Compounds

* 기특 (奇特, giteuk)
* 독특 (獨特, dokteuk)
* 영특 (英特, yeongteuk)
* 특가 (特價, teukga)
* 특가법 (特加法, teukgabeop)
* 특간 (特刊, teukgan)
* 특감 (特減, teukgam)
* 특강 (特講, teukgang)
* 특경 (特磬, teukgyeong)
* 특경대 (特警隊, teukgyeongdae)
* 특고 (特高, teukgo)
* 특공 (特功, teukgong)
* 특공대 (特攻隊, teukgongdae)
* 특과 (特科, teukgwa)
* 특교 (特敎, teukgyo)
* 특구 (特區, teukgu)
* 특권 (特權, teukgwon)
* 특근 (特勤, teukgeun)
* 특급 (特急, teukgeup)
* 특급 (特級, teukgeup)
* 특급 (特給, teukgeup)
* 특기 (特技, teukgi)
* 특기 (特記, teukgi)
* 특념 (特念, teungnyeom)
* 특단 (特段, teukdan)
* 특달 (特達, teukdal)
* 특당 (特當, teukdang)
* 특대 (特大, teukdae)
* 특대 (特待, teukdae)
* 특등 (特等, teukdeung)
* 특례 (特例, teungnye)
* 특례법 (特例法, teungnyebeop)
* 특립 (特立, teungnip)
* 특매 (特賣, teungmae)
* 특면 (特免, teungmyeon)
* 특명 (特命, teungmyeong)
* 특목고 (特目高, teungmokgo)
* 특묘 (特廟, teungmyo)
* 특무 (特務, teungmu)
* 특발 (特發, teukbal)
* 특배 (特配, teukbae)
* 특별 (特別, teukbyeol)
* 특보 (特報, teukbo)
* 특사 (特使, teuksa)
* 특사 (特賜, teuksa)
* 특사 (特赦, teuksa)
* 특산 (特産, teuksan)
* 특상 (特上, teuksang)
* 특상 (特賞, teuksang)
* 특색 (特色, teuksaek)
* 특생 (特牲, teuksaeng)
* 특서 (特書, teukseo)
* 특석 (特席, teukseok)
* 특선 (特選, teukseon)
* 특설 (特設, teukseol)
* 특성 (特性, teukseong)
* 특성 (特誠, teukseong)
* 특세 (特勢, teukse)
* 특소 (特小, teukso)
* 특소세 (特消稅, teuksose)
* 특수 (特殊, teuksu)
* 특수 (特秀, teuksu)
* 특수 (特需, teuksu)
* 특시표 (特示標, teuksipyo)
* 특식 (特食, teuksik)
* 특실 (特室, teuksil)
* 특심 (特甚, teuksim)
* 특애 (特愛, teugae)
* 특약 (特約, teugyak)
* 특용 (特用, teugyong)
* 특우 (特遇, teugu)
* 특유 (特有, teugyu)
* 특융 (特融, teugyung)
* 특은 (特恩, teugeun)
* 특이 (特異, teugi)
* 특이질 (特異質, teugijil)
* 특익 (特益, teugik)
* 특임 (特任, teugim)
* 특작 (特作, teukjak)
* 특장 (特長, teukjang)
* 특재 (特才, teukjae)
* 특재 (特載, teukjae)
* 특저 (特箸, teukjeo)
* 특전 (特典, teukjeon)
* 특전 (特電, teukjeon)
* 특점 (特點, teukjeom)
* 특정 (特定, teukjeong)
* 특정물 (特定物, teukjeongmul)
* 특제 (特製, teukje)
* 특제 (特除, teukje)
* 특종 (特種, teukjong)
* 특종 (特鐘, teukjong)
* 특주 (特酒, teukju)
* 특중 (特重, teukjung)
* 특지 (特志, teukji)
* 특지 (特旨, teukji)
* 특진 (特進, teukjin)
* 특질 (特質, teukjil)
* 특집 (特輯, teukjip)
* 특징 (特徵, teukjing)
* 특차 (特差, teukcha)
* 특채 (特採, teukchae)
* 특천 (特薦, teukcheon)
* 특청 (特請, teukcheong)
* 특출 (特出, teukchul)
* 특칭 (特稱, teukching)
* 특파 (特派, teukpa)
* 특파원 (特派員, teukpawon)
* 특품 (特品, teukpum)
* 특필 (特筆, teukpil)
* 특허 (特許, teukheo)
* 특허권 (特許權, teukheogwon)
* 특현 (特懸, teukhyeon)
* 특혜 (特惠, teukhye)
* 특호 (特號, teukho)
* 특화 (特化, teukhwa)
* 특화점 (特火點, teukhwajeom)
* 특활 (特活, teukhwal)
* 특효 (特效, teukhyo)
* 특효약 (特效藥, teukhyoyak)
* 하특 (何特, hateuk)
* 해특 (奚特, haeteuk)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

特: Hán Nôm readings: đặc, đực, đước, được, sệt
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