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Chinese symbol for “confirm”

确认
què rèn
Traditional: 確認
to confirm; to verify; confirmation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for confirm is 确认 (què rèn), defined as: to confirm; to verify; confirmation.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

确 què
certain, sure; definite, exact; real, true
radical 112 ⽯ · 12 strokes
认 rèn
to know, to recognize, to understand
radical 149 ⾔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “confirm”

WordPinyinMeaning
证实 (證實)zhèng shíto confirm (sth to be true); to verify
印证 (印證)yìn zhèngto confirm; to corroborate; to verify; proof; evidence
确定 (確定)què dìngdefinite; certain
证 (證)zhèngcertificate; proof
确证 (確證)què zhèngto prove; to confirm; to corroborate; convincing proof

Related words

Other words that share a character with 确认.

WordPinyinMeaning
确定 (確定)què dìngdefinite; certain
确实 (確實)què shíindeed; really
正确 (正確)zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper
明确 (明確)míng quèclear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
确保 (確保)què bǎoto ensure; to guarantee
的确 (的確)dí quèreally; indeed
认为 (認為)rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
认识 (認識)rèn shito know; to recognize

See also: Japanese symbol for “confirm”.

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.