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卓, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
卓 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Translingual
Stroke order
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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
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Old Chinese
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悼
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*deːwɢs
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淖
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*rneːwɢs
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罩
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*rteːwɢs
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鵫
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*rteːwɢs, *rdeːwɢ
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趠
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*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
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踔
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*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
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棹
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*rdeːwɢs
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鋽
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*tʰeːwɢs
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掉
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*deːwʔ, *deːwɢs, *rneːwɢ
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逴
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*tʰewɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ
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焯
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*tjewɢ
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綽
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*tʰjewɢ
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婥
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*tʰjewɢ
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繛
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*tʰjewɢ
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卓
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*rteːwɢ
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桌
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*rteːwɢ
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倬
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*rteːwɢ
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啅
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*rteːwɢ
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晫
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*rteːwɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ
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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
Note: zoek3 - variant.
Note:
- do5 - vernacular (incl. surname);
- dorh6 - literary.
Note:
- toh - vernacular (incl. surname);
- tok - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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卓
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhuō
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Middle Chinese
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‹ træwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tˁrawk/
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English
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high; splendid
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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卓
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17766
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Phonetic component
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卓
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Rime group
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藥
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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斲
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Old Chinese
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/*rteːwɢ/
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Notes
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甲文象猿騰躍出畢高飛遠遁, 後轉註爲踔逴趠
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Definitions
卓
- tall and erect
- outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty
- † Original form of 桌 (zhuō, “table”).
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
卓
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Noun
卓 • (taku)
- table, desk
Proper noun
卓 • (Takashi)
- a male given name
卓 • (Suguru)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
卓 (eumhun 높을 탁 (nopeul tak))
- hanja form? of 탁 (“high; table; desk”)
Vietnamese
Han character
卓: Hán Việt readings: trác[1][2][3]
卓: Nôm readings: chác[2][3][4], chắc[2][3], giạt[5]
- chữ Hán form of trác (“tall and erect, elevated”).
- chữ Hán form of trác (“a table”).
- Nôm form of chắc (“firm, solid, strong”).
References