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HTML

<table style="width:10%">
  <tr>
    <td>Jill</td>
    <td>Smith</td> 
      <td><div>div</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Eve</td>
    <td>Jackson</td> 
    <td>94</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<table style="width:100%">
  <tr>
    <td>Jill</td>
    <td>Smith</td> 
      <td><div>div</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Eve</td>
    <td>Jackson</td> 
    <td>94</td>
  </tr>
</table>

JavaScript

$("div").click(function () {
    console.log(closest(this, "table"));
});

function closest(el, sel) {
   
    if (el != null) return el.querySelector(sel) || closest(el.parentNode, sel);
}