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Mythic Mandarin

特意 (tè yì): meaning and stroke order

特意 (tè yì) means specially, intentionally.

特意

Simplified
特意
Traditional
特意 (same form)
Pinyin
tè yì

Stroke order of 特意

特

  • tè special; unique
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

意

  • Yì Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
  • yì idea; meaning
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 特意

  1. tè yì
    • specially
    • intentionally

Radicals of the characters

特
Radical 牛 (Kangxi radical 93) · 10 strokes · 牜 on the left, 寺 on the right
意
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 13 strokes · 音 on top, 心 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

特意 in our stories

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  • 太宗答应帮忙，第二天特意拉魏征下了一整天的棋，不让他离开。

    Tàizōng dāying bāngmáng dì-èr tiān tèyì lā Wèi Zhēng xià le yì zhěngtiān de qí bú ràng tā líkāi

    Taizong agreed to help and the next day deliberately kept Wei Zheng playing chess all day so he could not leave.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 特意

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).