Kanji

確

assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

石部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カク, コウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

たしか, たしかめる

Nanori (Name Reading)

あきら, かた, かたし, たい, たしか

Common Readings

カク, たし…か, たし…かめる

Example sentences

確かに たしかに
確かに あなた 言う 通り です

Certainly, it is just as you say.

言われてみれば いわれてみれば
言われてみれば 確かに そう です

Now that you mention it, that's certainly true.

確認 かくにん
安全 確認 して ください

Please confirm the safety.

ない
ディスク 情報 確認 する

Check the information within the disk.

確か たしか
確かな 証拠 なければ 信じられない

If there is no certain evidence, I can't believe it.

手応え てごたえ
試験 出来 確かな 手応え 感じた

I felt a clear positive response to how the exam went.

確実 かくじつ
その 情報 確実

That information is certain.

頻出 ひんしゅつ
この 試験 では 頻出 問題 確実に 解ける ように する べきだ

You should be able to reliably solve frequently appearing problems on this exam.

確かめる たしかめる
出かける 閉まっている 確かめた

I checked if the window was locked before going out.

今となっては いまとなっては
今となっては なぜ あんな こと 言った 確かめる ない

Now that it has come to this, there is no way to confirm why he said such a thing.

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