专 (zhuān) is a Chinese character meaning “focused on one thing”. It is written from ㇐ and ㇐ and ㇞ and ㇔, and takes 4 strokes.
Build the character for “specialized; focused”
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Structure
㇐ + ㇐ + ㇞ + ㇔
Overlapping structure
- ㇐ horizontal stroke unknown
- ㇐ horizontal stroke unknown
- ㇞ vertical-fold-fold stroke unknown
- ㇔ dot stroke unknown
Structure from: stroke-level decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 medians (4 strokes); no reliable component IDS available
Memory aid
Two flat bars (㇐ ㇐) lie stacked and still; one long stroke (㇞) drives straight down through both and turns away, and a single dot (㇔) settles at the end — everything aimed at one point.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
4 strokes
In real words
- 专门zhuān ménspecially; specialized专 = zhuān
- 专心zhuān xīnto concentrate; attentive专 = zhuān
Go deeper
All readings
specialized
focused on one thing; specialized; solely; expert
集中在一件事上；专门的、专一的。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 专门zhuān ménspecially; specialized专 = zhuān
- 专心zhuān xīnto concentrate; attentive专 = zhuān
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 专 mean?
专 (zhuān) means focused on one thing; specialized; solely; expert.
How do you pronounce 专?
It is pronounced zhuān.
What parts is 专 made of?
㇐ and ㇐ and ㇞ and ㇔. The recorded source is: stroke-level decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 medians (4 strokes); no reliable component IDS available. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 专 have?
4. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 专?
一. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 专?
Common ones are 专门 and 专心. The reading of 专 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.