Memory phrase for the character: 特

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Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)

(Typically smaller animals like sheep or chicken were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is sth: special.

牛	cow	second earth branch
寺	temple
寸	skillful hand	Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".

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特性	tè xìng	property; characteristic
卡特	Kǎ tè	Carter (name); James Earl (Jimmy) Carter (1924-), US Democrat politician, president 1977-1981
沙特阿拉伯	Shā tè Ā lā bó	Saudi Arabia
贝鲁特	Bèi lǔ tè	Beirut, capital of Lebanon
莱特	Lái tè	Wright (surname)
呼和浩特	Hū hé hào tè	Hohhot prefecture level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region
喀斯特	kā sī tè	karst (loanword); weathered limestone often forming caves
鲁特啤酒	lǔ tè pí jiǔ	root beer
贝娅特丽克丝	Bèi yà tè lí kè sī	Beatrix (name)
摹扎特	Mó zā tè	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
特种	tè zhǒng	particular kind; special type
特种	tè zhǒng

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