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Chinese symbol for “specialization”

专业化
zhuān yè huà
Traditional: 專業化
specialization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for specialization is 专业化 (zhuān yè huà), defined as: specialization.

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Characters and stroke order

专 zhuān
concentrated, specialized; to monopolize
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “specialization”

WordPinyinMeaning
专业性 (專業性)zhuān yè xìngprofessionalism; specialization
特化tè huàspecialization
道dàoroad; path (条 (tiáo),股 (gǔ)); (bound form) way; reason; principle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 专业化.

WordPinyinMeaning
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
专家 (專家)zhuān jiāexpert; specialist
专门 (專門)zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
专题 (專題)zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic
专用 (專用)zhuān yòngspecial; dedicated
专辑 (專輯)zhuān jíalbum; record (music)
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “specialization”.

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.