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、あなたの言う通りです。

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、確かにそうですね。

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

確認 かくにん
安全を確認してください。

Please confirm the safety.

内 ない
ディスク内の情報を確認する。

Check the information within the disk.

確か たしか
確かな証拠がなければ、信じられない。

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

手応え てごたえ
試験の出来に確かな手応えを感じた。

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

確実 かくじつ
その情報は確実だ。

That information is certain.

頻出 ひんしゅつ
この試験では頻出の問題を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
出かける前に、窓の鍵が閉まっているか確かめた。

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、彼がなぜあんなことを言ったのか確かめる術はない。

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

Example Vocabulary

確かに

たしかに

certainly, surely, for sure

確認

かくにん

confirmation; verification

確か

たしか

certain; sure; reliable; if I remember correctly

確実

かくじつ

certain; sure; reliable; certain; definite

確かめる

たしかめる

to confirm; to verify; to make sure

正確

せいかく

accurate; precise; correct

確信

かくしん

conviction; confidence; certainty

確保

かくほ

securing; ensuring; maintaining

明確

めいかく

clear; distinct; precise

確率

かくりつ

probability; chance; likelihood

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