TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
確
確 ＝ 石 ＋ 隺
ㄑㄩㄝˋ · què
adj — solid, firm; certain, exact
字源 FORM — what the parts do
隺聲hè — gives the sounda crane climbing high
IFhè → què — initial and final shifted off the donor
A stone (石) with 隺, which lends the sound — hè shifting to què. 說文 reads it 磐石, the bedrock: stone too solid to move. From the unshakable rock comes the unshakable in thought: 確實 for certain, 確定 settled, 準確 exact.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊磐石（石），怎麼推都不動——確，定了。
A slab of bedrock (石); push as you will, it won't move — certain, settled.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)磐石、堅確— solid rock, firm常用
→確實、確定— certain, settled, sure常用
⇒準確、確切— exact, precise
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
隺hèthe phonetic alone — 隺 is a crane climbing high; set it on for the solid rock雀quèthe same phonetic-family reading — 雀 is a sparrow; 確 is the firm stone