確 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

què

solid

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

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

隺 Sound component

hú, què, hè (crane), very high

Change in sound

確 and 隺 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
確 *[k]ʰˤrawk
隺 *[g]ˤawk

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khaewk	[k]ʰˤrawk	solid, firm

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

石 Meaning component

shí stone

角 Sound component

jiǎo, jué horn

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡroːɡ
Unicode	hak

《說文》：“确，礊石也。从石，角聲。，确或从。”