WHOLE CHARACTER
桌
table; desk (饭桌, 书桌); (measure) table of guests (三桌客人)
桌 is a table — for meals, for books, for work.
ZDIC: 形声, 木 with 卓 as sound; the modern top keeps 卓's 卜-and-日 pieces, shown stacked without reassembling 卓.
Character Familiestop / bottom
桌
table; desk (饭桌, 书桌); (measure) table of guests (三桌客人)
桌 is a table — for meals, for books, for work.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级One character pageAll readings and linked senses stay together.
WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
top / bottom
ZDIC: 形声, 木 with 卓 as sound; the modern top keeps 卓's 卜-and-日 pieces, shown stacked without reassembling 卓.
TOP PIECE (FROM THE SOUND SIDE 卓)
卜
divination
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its associative role in 外.
In 桌: top piece (from the sound side 卓) Shown as the top piece of the reduced sound form.
MIDDLE PIECE (FROM THE SOUND SIDE 卓)
日
sun; day
日 gives a sun/day/time clue in combined characters.
In 桌: middle piece (from the sound side 卓) The middle piece of the reduced sound form.
MEANING: WOOD (THE RADICAL 木)
木
tree; wood
Tree/wood-related meaning clue.
In 桌: meaning: wood (the radical 木) ZDIC names 木 as the meaning side.
Tone 1
- table; desk (饭桌, 书桌)
- (measure) table of guests (三桌客人)
- 桌子table; desk
- 书桌writing desk
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