どく
独
とく
特

noun, takes genitive case の, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic.
  2. understood only by oneself.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
どく
独
とく
特
 独特 どくとく ✔
どく
独
とく
得
 独得 どくとく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

single, alone, spontaneously
ドク　ひと.り　どっ (5th, N1)
dog, (犬 variant)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
special
トク (4th, N4)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
person, (人 variant)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
Buddhist temple
てら　ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン　す　みき (6th, N1)