Skip to content
Inkstone
Sign in

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

  1. 1.hard
  2. 2.strong
  3. 3.solid
  4. 4.sure
  5. 5.assuredly
  6. 6.undoubtedly
  7. 7.of course
  8. 8.indeed
  9. 9.admittedly

CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA

Wiktionary

  1. 1.firm; solid; strong
  2. 2.solid
  3. 3.to solidify; to strengthen
  4. 4.stubborn
  5. 5.firmly
  6. 6.in the first place; all along
  7. 7.no doubt

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kaːs): semantic 囗 + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ). STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ka (“earth; ground; soil”). Compare Jingpho ga (“earth”), Garo ha (“earth”).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Stroke order

Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

Sentences from Tatoeba · CC-BY 2.0 FR

More examples & usage (AI)

Derived terms

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Related words