Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1361 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: particularly, especially, exceptionally
Kunyomi: こと
Onyomi: シュ
Composition: 歹 朱
Radical: 歹
Meaning: death, decay
殊勲 （シュクン） distinguished services, meritorious deeds
殊勝 （シュショウ） admirable, laudable
特殊 （トクシュ） special, particular, peculiar, unique
異 （こと） difference (from one another), different thing, other, unusual, extraordinary
殊に （ことに） especially, particularly, unusually, above all, additionally