确
authenticated; solid; firm; real; true
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,758 U+786E
How 确 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “stone”) + 角 (phonetic, jiǎo)
How to remember it
reliable · Heisig RSH #1363
石 stone + safe
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 角
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 角 (jiǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角 sound component | jiǎo | angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped |
| 斛 | hú | ancient measuring vessel; unit of volume, about 50 liters |
| 桷 | jué | rafter; Malus toringo |
Words containing 确
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不确定性原理 | bù què dìng xìng yuán lǐ | Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927) |
| 确有其事 | què yǒu qí shì | (confirm to be) true; authentic |
| 政治正确 | zhèng zhì zhèng què | political correctness; politically correct |
| 确山县 | Què shān Xiàn | Queshan, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan |
| 不明确 | bù míng què | indefinite; unclear |
| 确定性 | què dìng xìng | determinacy |
| 不正确 | bù zhèng què | incorrect; erroneous |
| 不确实 | bù què shí | untrue |
| 千真万确 | qiān zhēn wàn què | absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view |
| 上确界 | shàng què jiè | supremum (math.); least upper bound |
| 下确界 | xià què jiè | (math.) infimum; greatest lower bound |
| 精确度 | jīng què dù | accuracy; precision |
| 不准确 | bù zhǔn què | imprecise |
| 准确性 | zhǔn què xìng | accuracy |
| 确山 | Què shān | see 確山縣|确山县[Que4 shan1 Xian4] |
| 明确 | míng què | clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite |
| 确定 | què dìng | definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make ce… |
| 的确良 | dí què liáng | dacron (loanword) |
| 正确 | zhèng què | correct; sound; right; proper |
| 确信 | què xìn | to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that; definite news |