- 専門 — specialty
- 専用 — exclusive use
- 専攻 — academic major
- 専念 — devotion
専 likely depicts grasping or controlling, and with 寸 (hand/measure) it emphasizes doing something exclusively or with full attention. It’s productive in words about focus and specialization.
It’s a 5th-grade 教育漢字 and very common in academic and professional terms.
彼は 医学を 専攻しています。
He is majoring in medicine.
これは 子供専用のアプリです。
This is an app for children only.