桌球 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhuōqiú

billiards

zhuō table

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 卓 represents the sound.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

卓 Sound component

zhuó, zhuō profound

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	traewk	tˤrawk (no pre-Qín exx.)	table

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

yù jade

𤣩 is a component form of 玉.

求 Sound component

qiú seek

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjuw	[g](r)[u]	'ball'?

《說文》：“球，玉聲也。从玉，求聲。璆，球或从翏。”