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確かめる

たしかめる

to check, to make sure of

Mnemonic

You have written it and you believe it is right, and believing is not the same as being certain. The same Ta たし as 確か, who can check it if you want it in writing. Read it again: たしかめる.

Worth knowing

確か たしか on its own hedges, fairly sure. 確かめる is going and making it certain.

Built from

certain, confirm
石 a stone on the left, solid enough to be sure of.

Words sharing these kanji

confirmation certainly, surely, if I'm not mistaken... certain, secure accurate, precise firm belief, conviction

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