卓

See also: 棹 and 桌

卓 U+5353, 卓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5353 ← 卒 [U+5352] CJK Unified Ideographs 協 → [U+5354]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	桌
Simplified	卓
Japanese	卓
Korean	卓

Han character

卓 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜日十 (YAJ), four-corner 2140₆, composition ⿱⺊早)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2741
• Dae Jaweon: page 356, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 61, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5353

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卓
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (卓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
悼	*deːwɢs
淖	*rneːwɢs
罩	*rteːwɢs
鵫	*rteːwɢs, *rdeːwɢ
趠	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
踔	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
棹	*rdeːwɢs
鋽	*tʰeːwɢs
掉	*deːwʔ, *deːwɢs, *rneːwɢ
逴	*tʰewɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ
焯	*tjewɢ
綽	*tʰjewɢ
婥	*tʰjewɢ
繛	*tʰjewɢ
卓	*rteːwɢ
桌	*rteːwɢ
倬	*rteːwɢ
啅	*rteːwɢ
晫	*rteːwɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) of a child (子) with a type of flag (ㅏ) on its head. (Ji Xusheng, 2004)

The child is now written in a way similar to 早 in the modern script.

Etymology

Derivative: 桌 (OC *rteːwɢ, “table”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuó, zhuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ, ㄓㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³ / zoek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok
• Eastern Min (BUC): dó̤h / dáuk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): toh / tok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): doh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
    • Wade–Giles: cho²
    • Yale: jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
    • Palladius: чжо (čžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuo
    • Wade–Giles: cho¹
    • Yale: jwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo
    • Palladius: чжо (čžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coek³ / zoek³
    • Yale: cheuk / jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek⁸ / dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêg³ / zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːk̚³/, /t͡sœːk̚³/

Note: zoek3 - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤h / dáuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔʔ²⁴/, /tɑuʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toh / tok
    • Tâi-lô: toh / tok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doiq, dog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /toʔ³²/, /tɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /toʔ⁵/, /tɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /toʔ³²/, /tɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /toʔ³²/, /tɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤʔ³²/, /tɔk̚³²/

Note:

• toh - vernacular (incl. surname);
• tok - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: doh⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: toh
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: traewk

Rime
Character	卓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	竹角切
Baxter	traewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ȶɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤrawk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rteːwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuō
Middle Chinese	‹ træwk ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁrawk/
English	high; splendid
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卓
Reading #	1/1
No.	17766
Phonetic component	卓
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	斲
Old Chinese	/*rteːwɢ/
Notes	甲文象猿騰躍出畢高飛遠遁， 後轉註爲踔逴趠

Definitions

卓

1. tall and erect
2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty
3. ^† Original form of 桌 (zhuō, “table”).
4. a surname

Compounds

• 匾打側卓／匾打侧卓
• 卓刀泉 (Zhuódāoquán)
• 卓午
• 卓卓
• 卓卓錚錚／卓卓铮铮
• 卓岐 (Zhuóqí)
• 卓有成效 (zhuóyǒuchéngxiào)
• 卓望
• 卓殊
• 卓溪 (Zhuóxī)
• 卓然 (zhuórán)
• 卓然不群
• 卓爾／卓尔
• 卓爾不群／卓尔不群 (zhuó'ěrbùqún)
• 卓爾出群／卓尔出群
• 卓特
• 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò)
• 卓犖不羈／卓荦不羁
• 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì)
• 卓立
• 卓絕／卓绝 (zhuójué)
• 卓絕群倫／卓绝群伦
• 卓著 (zhuózhù)
• 卓蘭／卓兰 (Zhuólán)
• 卓裁
• 卓見／卓见 (zhuójiàn)
• 卓詭／卓诡
• 卓識／卓识
• 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
• 卓越超群
• 卓躒／卓跞 (zhuóluò)
• 卓鷙／卓鸷
• 堅苦卓絕／坚苦卓绝
• 挺然卓立
• 擦卓兒／擦卓儿
• 畢卓持螯／毕卓持螯
• 羊卓雍湖
• 艱苦卓絕／艰苦卓绝 (jiānkǔzhuójué)
• 超卓 (chāozhuó)
• 遠見卓識／远见卓识 (yuǎnjiànzhuóshí)
• 顏苦孔卓／颜苦孔卓
• 高卓
• 高才卓識／高才卓识

 

Japanese

Kanji

卓

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: たく (taku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たく (taku, Jōyō)
• Kun: すぐれる (sugureru, 卓れる)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)、たく (taku)、すぐる (suguru)、まさる (masaru)、あきら (akira)、たくじ (takuji)、とう (tō)、まこと (makoto)

Kanji in this term
卓
たく Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

卓(たく) • (taku) 

1. table, desk

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
卓
たか(し) Grade: S
nanori

卓(たかし) • (Takashi) 

1. a male given name

卓(すぐる) • (Suguru) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

卓 (eumhun 높을 탁 (nopeul tak))

1. hanja form^? of 탁 (“high; table; desk”)

Vietnamese

Han character

卓: Hán Việt readings: trác
卓: Nôm readings: chác, chắc, giạt

1. chữ Hán form of trác (“tall and erect, elevated”).
2. chữ Hán form of trác (“a table”).
3. Nôm form of chắc (“firm, solid, strong”).