特別

とくべつ

special, extraordinary

Mnemonic

The cow walked in through the temple gate, and the blade that cuts one thing out of the pile. They took とく Neil, and then bet Sue べつ swapped him: twice over, it must be special: とくべつ.

Worth knowing

Same 特 as 特にとくに and the same 別 as 別べつ. Both are about picking one out of the rest.

Built from

特

special

牛 cow + 寺 temple

別

separate, different

刂 a standing blade cutting one thing away from the rest.

Words sharing these kanji

特に specially, particularly 特殊 special, unique 別に (not) particularly 別 another, different 別れる to separate, to part from

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