Zi:确

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(F​) [què] true; ​确 correct; 确​ indeed; ​确 explicit; (HDZ:) …

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The simple-form character 确 (12 strokes) is an old form, re-used as an abbrev. of the (younger) full-form character ​ (15 strokes), replacing the full-form component ​ (10 strokes) with ​ (7 strokes).
    The full-form character ​ què ‘hard/solid’, with ​ (shí) ‘stone’ and ​ hè/què (phonetic), is a more recent development (not in SW); the form ​ arose to signify more abstract senses formerly wr. 确, and also ​, ​.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 确 què ‘rocky/hard/poor soil; hard/poor’ combines ​ (shí) ‘stone’ (rocky/hard), and ​(​𧢲) jiǎo/jué ‘horn’ (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. ​𥔼 with ​㱿 què ‘hard shell’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​(​) què ‘honest/circumspect’, later wr. 确/​ què ‘true/correct’.
    Compare: 确/​ jué, ​ juézhú ‘butt heads/horns; compete’ (cf. ​).
    Compare: ​, ​, ​.
    HDZ: 确 : què : ​; ​; ​, ​; 确​, 确​ (cf. ​); ​ (jué): ​, ​ (cf. ​); ​: ​; ​: ​; (​) ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:467.26; Karlgren:AD74; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2434.11; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:831.07; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:223.1.06
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