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Chinese symbol for “peculiar”

奇特
qí tè
peculiar; unusual; queer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for peculiar is 奇特 (qí tè), defined as: peculiar; unusual; queer.

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Characters and stroke order

奇 qí
strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
radical 37 ⼤ · 8 strokes
特 tè
special, unique, distinguished
radical 93 ⽜ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “peculiar”

WordPinyinMeaning
乖僻guāi pìpeculiar; eccentric
异样 (異樣)yì yàngdifference; peculiar
特异 (特異)tè yìexceptionally good; excellent
阴阳怪气 (陰陽怪氣)yīn yáng guài qìeccentric; peculiar
怪僻guài pìeccentric; peculiar

Related words

Other words that share a character with 奇特.

WordPinyinMeaning
奇怪qí guàistrange; odd
传奇 (傳奇)chuán qílegendary; fantasy saga
奇迹 (奇跡)qí jìvariant of 奇迹 (qí jì)
好奇hào qíinquisitive; curious
神奇shén qímagical; mystical
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “peculiar”.

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.