特

tè

special

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

ox (牛) + sound (寺) = that one special bull

A bull singled out from the herd — that one remarkable animal — is the image behind 'special.' 寺 mainly lends the sound tè; the ox carries the sense of something standing apart.

牛+寺→特
寺TemplePhonetic
牛OxSemantic

Words with 特

特等

tè děng

special grade

莱特

lái tè

Wright (surname)

阿尔伯特

ā ěr bó tè

Albert (name)

乌兰浩特

wū lán hào tè

see 烏蘭浩特市|乌兰浩特市[Wu1 lan2 hao4 te4 Shi4]

特种部队

tè zhǒng bù duì

(military) special forces

特卖

tè mài

to have a sale

特大

tè dà

exceptionally big

阿拉法特

ā lā fǎ tè

Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[Ya4 xi1 er3 · A1 la1 fa3 te4]

华特

huá tè

Walt (name)

阿尔卡特

ā ěr kǎ tè

Alcatel, old company name

坎特伯雷

kǎn tè bó léi

Canterbury

特准

tè zhǔn

to give special approval

More characters with 牛

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