確 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

què

solid

approved by cochleoid · Jul 12, 2022, 04:27 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jul 12, 2022, 04:27 AM

Migrating 寉 to 隺

Changed fields: hint, components

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

Components

石 Meaning component

隺 Sound component

Change in sound

確 and 隺 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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