JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table id="table">
    <tr>
        <td>me</td>
        <td>you</td>
        <td>we</td>
    </tr>
</table>
<p id="out"></p>

JavaScript

$(function(){
    $('#table1').on('click','td',function(){
        var child_number = $(this).nthchild();
        $('#out').text(child_number);
    });
});