卓

surname Zhuo

outstanding

卓 = ⺊ + 早 : Mnemonic symbol: a 班 ban1 卓 zhuo2 琴 qin2, a banjo. Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is taking part in a music contest in the observatory's kitchen (o2). There is an alarm clock (早) with a pennant on it (⺊) which shows exactly the time when Julian Giant Squid is allowed to play. As the pennant goes up Julian Giant Squid starts to play, and he proves that his banjo skills are really outstanding (卓).

卓 character breakdown

卓
- 早
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
- ⺊
  - 一
  - 丨

早

zǎo = z + ao3

early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely

早 = 十 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: your very own annoying alarm clock going off in the morning.

⺊

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺊ = 丨 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: ⺊ looks a bit like a pennant.

Someone stuck a flute into the middle of a hollow dinosaur bone to conduct studies on the speed of sound. At the one end of the hollow dinosaur bone is an answering pennant, used in the International Signal Code primarily for the reply "signal is received and understood", which should be raised as soon as the person is hearing the sound made by the flute.

Characters with 卓 as component

掉

diào = di + ao4

to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

掉 = 卓 + 扌 : In the aorta's bathroom (ao4) Dorothy Gale (di) practices playing a banjo (卓) using two toy claws (扌), but she makes a mistake and accidentally drops (掉) the banjo. After the crash, the banjo is completely ruined.

悼

dào = d + ao4

to mourn / to lament

悼 = 卓 + 忄 : Don Quixote (d) broke his flail (忄) and mourns (悼) it in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) by playing laments (悼) on his banjo (卓).

罩

zhào = zh + ao4

cover / fish trap (basket) / shade

罩 = 卓 + 罒 : James II of England (zh) wants to make a cover (罩) for his banjo (卓). In the aorta's bathroom (ao4) he crafts a cover using an old fishing net (罒).

绰

綽

cha̅o = ch + ao1

to grab / to snatch up / variant of 焯[chao1]

绰

綽

chuò = chu + o4

generous / ample / wide / spacious / well-off / to grip

绰

綽

cha̅o = ch + ao1

to grab; to snatch up / variant of 焯[chao1]