确切
què​qiè HSK7

precise

确 què solid Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 角 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
角
角 Sound component
jiǎo, jué horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡroːɡ
Unicodehak

說文解字

《說文》：“确，礊石也。从石，角聲。，确或从。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

切 qiè, qiē cut

Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 七 represents the sound.

Components

七
七 Sound component
qī seven
刀
刀 Meaning component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

彻窃砌沏

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

彻砌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshet[tsʰ]ˤi[t] cut; urgent

說文解字

《說文》：“切，刌也。从刀，七聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

確 què solid Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 隺 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
隺
隺 Sound component
hú, què, hè (crane), very high
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhaewk[k]ʰˤrawk solid, firm

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart