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Chinese symbol for “filters”

特效
tè xiào
marked effect; strong effect; (cinema, photography, apps etc) special effects; (esp. in apps) filters

The closest CC-CEDICT match for filters is 特效 (tè xiào), defined as: marked effect; strong effect; (cinema, photography, apps etc) special effects; (esp. in apps) filters.

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Characters and stroke order

特 tè
special, unique, distinguished
radical 93 ⽜ · 10 strokes
效 xiào
result, effect; effective
radical 66 ⽁ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 特效.

WordPinyinMeaning
特别 (特別)tè biéunusual; special; very; especially; particularly
特色tè sèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
特殊tè shūspecial; particular
特点 (特點)tè diǎncharacteristic; trait; feature
特征 (特徵)tè zhēngcharacteristic; diagnostic property
特定tè dìngspecial; specific; designated; particular
有效yǒu xiàoeffective; in effect
效果xiào guǒresult; effect

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.