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)

firm, hard, resolute, true, authentic
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

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
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰak̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰak̚³²/

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

(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)

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

确 • (hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

gravel land
a stony mountain
barren
scarce
hard
solid