卓(たく)

卓(たく) means table or desk. On its own it is somewhat formal or literary; it appears much more commonly as part of compound words.

Compounds (TABLE)

• 食卓(しょくたく): dining table
• 円卓(えんたく): round table
• 卓上(たくじょう): tabletop, desktop
• 卓球(たっきゅう): table tennis (literally "table ball")

Compounds

• 卓越(たくえつ): excellence, superiority (different meaning — uses the "outstanding" sense of 卓(たく))

Counting patterns

Used to count tables in games like 麻雀(まーじゃん): 1卓(たく), 2卓(たく), etc. Also used in restaurants: 3卓(たく) = table number 3.

Similar words

• 卓(たく): table (formal/literary, compounds)
• テーブル: table (everyday loanword)
• 机(つくえ): desk (for work or study)