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Translingual
Han character
確 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口人月土 (MROBG), four-corner 14614, composition ⿰石隺)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 833, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24366
- Dae Jaweon: page 1250, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2450, character 4
- Unihan data for U+78BA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 鶴
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*ɡloːwɢ
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| 髉
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*pqroːwɢ
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| 篧
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*skroːwɢ, *sɡroːwɢ
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| 榷
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*kroːwɢ
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| 搉
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*kroːwɢ, *kroːwɢ, *kʰroːwɢ
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| 傕
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*kroːwɢ
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| 確
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*kʰroːwɢ
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| 寉
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*ɡluːwɢ
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| 蒮
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*luwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰroːwɢ) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 寉 (OC *ɡluːwɢ) – rock-solid, as certain as a rock.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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確
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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què
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khæwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʰˁrawk/
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| English
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solid, firm
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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確
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5100
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Phonetic
component
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寉
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Rime
group
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藥
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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㱿
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰroːwɢ/
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Definitions
確
- real; true
- 消息不確／消息不确 ― xiāoxī bù què ― the information is not true
- 準確／准确 ― zhǔnquè ― accurate; precise
- firm; resolute
- 確信／确信 ― quèxìn ― to firmly believe
- truly; indeed
- Alternative form of 确 (què, “rocky and barren”)
- Alternative form of 搉 (què, “to knock; to hit; to beat”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
確
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- certain
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
確 • (hwak) (hangeul 확, revised hwak, McCune–Reischauer hwak, Yale hwak)
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Vietnamese
Han character
確: Hán Nôm readings: xác, xạc
Adjective
確 • (xác)
- chữ Hán form of xác (“durable; strong; solid; firm”).