漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
専: specialty, exclusive
Also: mainly, solely
JLPT N29 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
寸 carries the meaning · 由 is drawn in
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 専門せんもんspeciality
- 専攻せんこうmajor (at university)
- 専念するせんねんするdevote oneself to [v.i.]
- 専務せんむ
- 専用せんよう(one's) exclusive use; private use
- 専業せんぎょうspecial occupation; principal occupation
- 専修せんしゅうspecialization; specialisation
もっぱらmoppara · kun'yomi · on its own
- 専らもっぱらwholly, mostly
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)叀 spindle (sound) + 又 hand (meaning)
A hand turning a spindle or spinning wheel. It has come to mean to bundle several things together into one.
Source: Wiktionary, 專 (rev. 93443669), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Measure it out! Imagine a steady hand marking off a tiny distance with care.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
由
Also built on wherefore (由)
14 in allIn ChineseSimplified 专 · traditional 專 · zhuān
Three different forms: Japanese 専, simplified 专, traditional 專.
- Simplified
- 专 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 專 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhuān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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