桌 (zhuō) — a table

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字

桌 character · TOCFL 1

桌＝卓＋木

ㄓㄨㄛ · zhuō

noun — a table

字源 FORM — what the parts do

卓聲zhuō — gives the sound exactlythe tall one — 卓越's 卓; its foot melts into the wood below

木義wood

Wood (木) built tall: 卓, the tall one, gives the sound exactly and the height with it; in writing, 卓's foot and the tree's crown share their strokes. High tables came in together with chairs — before that, low 几 and the floor.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

飯好了，碗一個一個擺上桌（木）面。

Dinner's ready — bowls set out one by one on the wooden (木) tabletop.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)高桌— the high table

→桌子、書桌— the table常用

⇒一桌菜— a tableful — the measure

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension