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Chinese symbol for “particular”

特定
tè dìng
special; specific; designated; particular

The closest CC-CEDICT match for particular is 特定 (tè dìng), defined as: special; specific; designated; particular.

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Characters and stroke order

特 tè
special, unique, distinguished
radical 93 ⽜ · 10 strokes
定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “particular”

WordPinyinMeaning
特殊tè shūspecial; particular
专 (專)zhuānfor a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 特定.

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
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

See also: Japanese symbol for “particular”.

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.