特 = 牛 + 寺

特 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “special”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 寺 (court).

Keyword: special
Pinyin (Mandarin): tè
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: special, unique, distinguished, выдающийся, особенный, уникальный, unique, distinguished
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 特 special

Decomposition

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牛 cow
寺 court

How to find 特 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “court”. 特 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 特 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.