正确
zhèngquè · HSK 2
correct
✅ 正 = upright/straight + 确 = firm/solid → exactly right
正 means upright or correct on its own; 确 carries the sense of firm, solid, certain. Together 正确 names something that is both straight-on accurate and solidly so — the standard word for correct or right answers.
正 — one 一 + stop 止
Originally an ideograph showing a foot (止) advancing toward a target line (一), meaning 'to march straight toward' a city or goal. From this came the senses 'upright,' 'correct,' and 'proper.' The military sense survives in 征 (to campaign), which took over the original 'march' meaning.