zhuān
adjective #5,177

Meanings

  1. 1 specialized
  2. 2 expert; focused
  3. 3 devoted; concentrated

Examples

HSK 2
Tā shì zhè fāngmiàn de zhuānjiā.
He is an expert in this field.
HSK 2
Zhè shì yì jiā zhuānmàidiàn.
This is a specialty store.
HSK 3
Zuòshì yào zhuānxīn.
You need to focus when doing things.

Tips

usage
forms many important words: 专家 (expert), 专心 (focused), 专业 (major/professional), 专门 (specially/specifically).

Components

radical
one; horizontal stroke
Xinhua indexes under the radical, picking the prominent middle horizontal as the anchor. The bar acts as the central axis of the spindle silhouette - the dictionary handle for this heavily simplified character (from traditional , a spindle being turned by a hand).
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丿 piě
fused strokes (simplified residue)
The opening bent stroke at the top plus the vertical hook and final dot below are fused residues from the much fuller traditional . They wrap around the central bar to picture a spindle being turned, and have collapsed into a non-decomposable bracket in the modern form.

Stroke Order

zhuān