確 — assurance, firm, tight

たしか確 assurance

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+78BA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #252 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #609 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

assurance
firm
tight
hard
solid
confirm
clear
evident

word

たし tashi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

確(たし) か tashika certain 確(たし) かめる tashikameru to confirm

かく kaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

確(かく) 保(ほ) kakuho securing 明(めい) 確(かく) meikaku clear 正(せい) 確(かく) seikaku accurate 確(かく) 実(じつ) kakujitsu certain 確(かく) 立(りつ) kakuritsu establishment 確(かく) 定(てい) kakutei decision 確(かく) 信(しん) kakushin conviction 確(かく) 率(りつ) kakuritsu probability

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

いし石 stone #112

寉 high-flying bird

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#112 石 stone