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Chinese symbol for “specialized”

专门
zhuān mén
Traditional: 專門
specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose); (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special

The closest CC-CEDICT match for specialized is 专门 (zhuān mén), defined as: specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose); (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special.

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Characters and stroke order

专 zhuān
concentrated, specialized; to monopolize
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
门 mén
gate, door, entrance, opening
radical 169 ⾨ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “specialized”

WordPinyinMeaning
专事 (專事)zhuān shìspecialized
专 (專)zhuānfor a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 专门.

WordPinyinMeaning
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
专家 (專家)zhuān jiāexpert; specialist
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)
部门 (部門)bù méndepartment; branch
门口 (門口)mén kǒudoorway; gate
出门 (出門)chū ménto go out; to leave home

See also: Japanese symbol for “specialized”.

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.