特集
とくしゅう · tokushuu · JLPT N1 · noun
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📰 特 (special) + 集 (collect) = a special collection of articles
特 means special or particular, and 集 means gather or collection. A newspaper feature is a special collection of articles on one topic, gathered into one edition.
特 — cow 牛 + temple 寺 (phonetic)
Originally referred to a male bull or large ox, with 牛 'cow' as the meaning component and 寺 supplying the sound. Over time it shifted from 'bull' to 'special, particular, unique,' the sense used today.
集 — bird 隹 on top of tree 木
集 is an ideograph showing a bird (隹) perched on a tree (木). The original form depicted three birds gathering on a tree, later simplified to one. From 'birds flocking together' it extended to mean 'gather, collect, assemble,' and by extension 'collection' or 'volume' of writings.