(què) - true, certain, accurate (in 确定, 确实, 正确) in Mandarin
quèTraditional: 確
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Translation
true, certain, accurate (in 确定, 确实, 正确)
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the stone radical 石 lends the idea of solidity and certainty, and 角 (jiǎo) supplies the sound, hence firm, true or certain.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 石 (stone radical) + 角 (jiǎo, phonetic)
Stroke order
确
Examples
。
I can't be sure yet.
。
Your answer is correct.
。
He really does work hard.
。
Please confirm your address.
。
I am certain he will come.
确 (què) means true, certain, or accurate. It is a bound morpheme that runs through certainty vocabulary: 确定 (to confirm), 确实 (indeed), 正确 (correct), and 的确 (really).
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 确.
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