01485 Chinese character of 桌 and pronounce coek3

The Chinese character【桌】that we will explain today is a word that describes furniture or utensils. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

table. Explanation: (1) A flat piece of furniture used for reading, eating or storing things. Such as: “dining table”, “desk”, “table”, “office desk”. (2) Quantifier. A unit used to calculate dishes, banquets, guests, etc. For example: “five tables of dishes”, “two tables of banquets”, “three tables of guests”.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【桌】:zhuō

Cantonese Jyutping of 【桌】:coek3

This introduces some basic knowledge regarding the Chinese character 【桌】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【桌】, for example:Describe the furniture or utensils , It means mainly the table .The richness and complexity of Chinese characters enable various interpretations, some of which may exceed what is presented here.

【桌】serves as a standalone word but gains depth when partnered with others to form detailed expressions, like【書桌、餐桌】(Mandarin Pinyin:shū zhuō 、cān zhuō/ Cantonese Jyutping:syu1 coek3 、caan1 coek3)

The total stroke number of this character is 10 ,It is a more advanced Chinese character that is essential for daily use,Below, you’ll find a sentence connected to this character.:


她把書本整齊地放在了書桌上。

She placed the books neatly on the desk.


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