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Chinese symbol for “specificity”

特异性
tè yì xìng
Traditional: 特異性
specific; specificity; idiosyncrasy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for specificity is 特异性 (tè yì xìng), defined as: specific; specificity; idiosyncrasy.

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Characters and stroke order

特 tè
special, unique, distinguished
radical 93 ⽜ · 10 strokes
异 yì
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
radical 55 ⼶ · 6 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 特异性.

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
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
异常 (異常)yì chángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “specificity”.

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.