# 卓

| 卓 | U+5353, &#21331; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5353 |
| ← 卒 [U+5352] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 協 → [U+5354] |

## Translingual

| 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 2140$_6$, 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 |
| | 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): coek$^3$ / zoek$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chok
    (Hailu, HRS): zog
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zog$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dó̤h / dáuk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): do$^5$ / dorh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): toh / tok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): doh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^2$
*** Yale: jwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuo
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^1$
*** Yale: jwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coek$^3$ / zoek$^3$
*** Yale: cheuk / jeuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek$^8$ / dzoek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêg$^3$ / zêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰœːk̚³/, /t͡sœːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok
*** Hakka Romanization System: zog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zog
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sok⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔk̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤h / dáuk
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔʔ²⁴/, /tɑuʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: do$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: deō
*** Sinological IPA : /to²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: do$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵ²¹/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dorh$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: do̤h
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dorh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒʔ²/
* do5 - vernacular (incl. surname);
* dorh6 - literary.
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zok$^3$ |
* 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
* tall and erect
* outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 桌 (zhuō, “table”).
* 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

(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)
* table, desk

### Proper noun

* Kanji in this term
* 卓
* たか(し) Grade: S
* nanori
卓(たかし) • (Takashi)
* a male given name
卓(すぐる) • (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
卓: Nôm readings: chác, chắc, giạt
* chữ Hán form of trác (“tall and erect, elevated”).
* chữ Hán form of trác (“a table”).
* chữ Nôm form of chắc (“firm, solid, strong”).

### References

* ↑ Trần (1999).
* 1 2 3 Bonet (1899).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).
* ↑ Trần (2004).