Chinese symbol for “affirm”
肯定
kěn dìng
to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for affirm is 肯定 (kěn dìng), defined as: to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肯定.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中肯 | zhòng kěn | pertinent; apropos |
| 宁肯 (寧肯) | nìng kěn | would rather...; it would be better... |
| 首肯 | shǒu kěn | to give a nod of approval |
| 肯定句 | kěn dìng jù | affirmative sentence |
| 假肯定句 | jiǎ kěn dìng jù | false affirmative |
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
See also: Japanese symbol for “affirm”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.