Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

殊: particularly, especially

Also: exceptionally

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

歹 carries the meaning · 朱 gives the sound

10 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

シュshu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 特殊とくしゅspecial; particular; peculiar
  • 殊勲しゅくんdistinguished services; meritorious deeds
  • 特殊法人とくしゅほうじんsemigovernmental corporation
  • 殊勝しゅしょうadmirable; laudable
  • 特殊撮影とくしゅさつえいspecial effects; SFX

ことkoto · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 殊にことにespecially; particularly; unusually

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)歹, as 歺 (meaning) + 朱 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 殊 (rev. 93443922), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Bone (歹) + cinnabar/pill (朱). It originally referred to a "special" or distinctive way of "death"—now used to emphasize something that is particularly unique.”
From the 歹 death story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
歹

Also built on death (歹)

All 5
朱

Also built on vermilion (朱)

殊 takes the 朱 family's reading, シュ (shu).

Also read シュ

27 kanji share this on'yomiAll 27

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
殊 particularly · 歹
vs株 stocks · 木
殊 has 歹 where 株 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shū

Same form: 殊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
殊 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
殊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shū 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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