Memory phrase for the character: 卓

卓

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Meaning

outstanding, excellent

Pronunciation

zhuó

Explanation

 Top: divination 卜/占 (crack 卜 in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast 早

Mnemonic
 
[before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent.

Radicals

卜 oracle, mysticismThis radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.
十 tenTwo crossed forearms with 5 fingers each makes ten.
占 divineIt is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.
卓 outstanding, excellentFortune telling 占 early at the morning 早 is excellent.
早 early, morning




 Vocabulary

董卓 Dǒng Zhuó  Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189
卓越 zhuó yuè  distinction; excellence; outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid
卓有成效 zhuó yǒu chéng xiào  highly effective; fruitful
 

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