专

專
zhuān
adjective #5,177

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 1
Zhè shì yì jiā zhuānmàidiàn.
This is a specialty store.
HSK 4
Tā shì zhè fāngmiàn de zhuānjiā.
He is an expert in this field.
HSK 4
Zuòshì yào zhuānxīn.
You need to focus when doing things.

Tips

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

Components

radical
一 yī
one; horizontal stroke
Xinhua indexes 专 under the 一 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 專, a spindle being turned by a hand).
ideograph
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 專. They wrap around the central 一 bar to picture a spindle being turned, and have collapsed into a non-decomposable bracket in the modern form.

Stroke Order

专 zhuān