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[424/808] Four Versions of 特 “special”

Origin: Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bull". The meaning later shifted to "prominent" and "special".

Definition:
① special, unique, distinguished

Middle Chinese Reading:
/*dək/
Initial - coronal (舌)
Final - k

Modern Readings:
Mandarin - tè
Japanese - トク toku
Korean - 특별할 특/수컷 특 teukbyeolhal teuk/sukeot teuk
Cantonese - dak6
Vietnamese - sệt, đước, được, đặc, đực

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References:
Booklet of the 808 Commonly Used Chinese Characters in China, Japan and the ROK - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
[CN] Trilateral Common Vocabulary Dictionary (3rd Edition) - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
Unihan Database on 特 - www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint…
[CN] Multi-function Chinese Character Database on 特 - humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?…
Chinese Character Wiki on 特 - dong-chinese.com/wiki/%E7%89%B9
Official Readings of Jōyō Kanji - nihongo.monash.edu/jouyoureadings.html
[KR] Naver Hanja Dictionary on 特 - hanja.dict.naver.com/#/entry/ccko/a7f1c4b87b0141de…
Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation’s Nôm Lookup Tool - nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint…
CJKV Dict on 特 - cjkvdict.com/?search=%E7%89%B9
Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters on 特,
王力 主編，2000《王力古漢語字典》，北京：中華書局，2007年重印。 (p. 684)
[CN] ZDIC on Middle Chinese pronunciation of 特 (post used 王力's [Wang Li's] reconstruction) - www.zdic.net/zd/yy/zgy/%E7%89%B9

Image Sources:
Character versions from ZDIC - www.zdic.net/hans/%E7%89%B9
Evolution chart from 李學勤，2012《字源》，天津：天津古籍出版社，2013年7月2次印刷。 (p. 70)

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