殊 means “especially, special”

しゅ · shu

Also: particularly, exceptionally

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こと

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

Death (歹) beside vermilion (朱): picture a blood-red fate, set apart from all others. 殊 means out of the ordinary: 特殊 is special or unusual, police warn about 特殊詐欺, phone scams, and 殊に, "especially", is now mostly written in kana.

Used in 特殊 (tokushu, special/unusual), 殊に (koto ni, especially), and 殊更 (kotosara, especially/on purpose)

More from Formal Words

• 尚 still
• 那 that
• 該 the said
• 弥 more and more
• 如 like
• 宜 fitting
• 猶 delay
• 又 again
• 甚 extremely
• 但 however
• 且 moreover
• 僅 only

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