卓

Translingual

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		卓

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

Etymology

Derivative: 桌 (OC *rteːwɢ, “table”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuó, zhuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ, ㄓㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³ / zoek³
• 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/
• 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;
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 卓

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

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Japanese

Kanji

卓

(common “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

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Korean

Hanja

卓 (eum 탁 (tak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卓: Hán Nôm readings: trác, chác, giạt

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