Character: 特
Modern (Beijing) reading: tè
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄k
Classic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄k
Western Han Chinese: dhǝ̄k
Eastern Han Chinese: dhǝ̄k
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄k
Middle Chinese: dʌk
English meaning : male animal, bull
Russian meaning[s]: 1) особый, специальный; чрезвычайный; 2) отдельный; особенный; 3) сокр. шпион; разведчик; разведка; 4) нарочно, намеренно; 5) только; однако; 6) древн. бык, жертвенное животное
Comments: Used also for homonymous *dhǝ̄k 'be straight-rising'; *dhǝ̄k 'a match, a mate'. In later times the character was frequently used instead of 犆 *dhǝ̄k 'single; special' q.v. The regular Sino-Viet. form is d_ặc. For *dh cf. Yilan thiau8; Siam. thɨk, Zhuang tak (*dhɨk).
Radical: 93
Four-angle index: 3166
Karlgren code: 0961 |h ́
Vietnamese reading: d_ụ'c
Shijing occurrences: 45.2_
