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核实 (hé shí) — to verify, to check

Definition

核实 means to verify by checking facts or details against a source. Stronger and more formal than 确认 (just confirming), and more official than 核对 (routine checking) — often used for evidence, data, or testimony.

verb
to verifyto check

Examples

  • 核实。
    Jǐng fāng zhèng zài hé shí tā de zhèng cí.
    The police are verifying his testimony.
  • 核实。
    Qǐng hé shí yí xià zhè ge wén jiàn de rì qī.
    Please check the date on this document.
  • 核实。
    Wǒ men hé shí le suǒ yǒu xì jié hòu cái qiān zì.
    We signed only after verifying all the details.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

核hécheck
实shítrue

核 means to check, and 实 means to make solid or true, so together they mean to verify.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
亥
亥hài核hé
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

核 pairs 木, a tree, with 亥 to give its sound; it originally named a kind of tree, and its later meanings are borrowed.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 實; 实 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 周周zhōucarved jade
  • 貝貝bèishellfish; cowrie

The traditional form 實 has 宀 'roof' above 周 'carved jade' and 貝 'cowrie'; the simplified 实 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

Open 实 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Thinking & Cognition

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