Chinese symbol for “distinctive”
独特
dú tè
Traditional: 獨特
unique; distinctive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for distinctive is 独特 (dú tè), defined as: unique; distinctive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “distinctive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 与众不同 (與眾不同) | yǔ zhòng bù tóng | (idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest |
| 特有 | tè yǒu | specific (to); characteristic (of) |
| 特异 (特異) | tè yì | exceptionally good; excellent |
| 不一样 (不一樣) | bù yī yàng | different; distinctive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 独特.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 独立 (獨立) | dú lì | independent; independence |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 独自 (獨自) | dú zì | alone |
| 孤独 (孤獨) | gū dú | lonely; solitary |
| 独裁 (獨裁) | dú cái | dictatorship |
| 特别 (特別) | tè bié | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 特殊 | tè shū | special; particular |
See also: Japanese symbol for “distinctive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.