卓 (coek3 | zhuo2) : prominent, outstanding

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卓

coek3

zhuo2

[1] prominent; outstanding; remarkable
[2] tall and erect/upright; lofty

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 十 (#24)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

卓

This word has been viewed 7445 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Oct 2009 05:51

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卓越 coek3 jyut6 zhuo2 yue4 = outstanding

班卓琴 baan1 coek3 kam4 ban1 zhuo1 qin2 = a banjo

蝕卓 sit6 coek3 shi2 zhuo2 = to suffer a lose; to lose capital 粵

卓溪鄉 coek3 kai1 hoeng1 zhuo1 xi1 xiang1 = Chohsi (village in Taiwan)

卓尼 coek3 nei4 zhuo1 ni2 = Zhuoni (place in Gansu)

卓資 coek3 zi1 zhuo1 zi1 = Zhuozi (place in Inner Mongolia)

卓越網 coek3 jyut6 mong5 zhuo2 yue4 wang3 = Joyo.com

吳卓羲 ng4 coek3 hei1 = Ron Ng Cheuk Hei

戴卓爾夫人 daai3 coek3 ji5 fu1 jan4 dai4 zhuo1 er3 fu1 ren2 = Margaret Thatcher

卓悅 coek3 jyut6 zhuo1 yue4 = Bonjour
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 卓
Unicode code for this character: U+5353 (off-site link)

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