确

See also: 確

确 U+786E, 确 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-786E ← 硭 [U+786D] CJK Unified Ideographs 硯 → [U+786F]

Translingual

Han character

确 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 一口弓月土 (MRNBG) or 一口弓月手 (MRNBQ), four-corner 1762₇, composition ⿰石角)

1. firm, hard, resolute, true, authentic
2. knock, contend

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24232
• Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2434, character 11
• Unihan data for U+786E

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 确 – see 確 (“real; true; firm; resolute; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 確).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		确
simp. #		确
alternative forms		確

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (角) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
捔	*sɡroːɡ, *kroːɡ
桷	*kroːɡ
角	*kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ
埆	*kʰroːɡ
确	*ɡroːɡ
斛	*ɡoːɡ
槲	*ɡoːɡ
蔛	*ɡoːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): què (que⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: què
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueh
    • Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kok³
    • Yale: kok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khak
    • Tâi-lô: khak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qag
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰak̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰak̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰak̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰak̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰak̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: haewk

Rime
Character	确
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡覺切
Baxter	haewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	确
Reading #	1/1
No.	6375
Phonetic component	角
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	學
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːɡ/

Definitions

确

1. (literary, of land) rocky and barren

Compounds

• 犖确 (luòquè)
• 确瘠
• 磽确

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02976

Japanese

Kanji

确

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sure
2. certain
3. real
4. true

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)
• Kun: たしか (tashika, 确か)、きそう (kisou, 确う)

Korean

Hanja

确 (eum 학 (hak))

1. gravel land
2. a stony mountain
3. barren
4. scarce
5. hard
6. solid