确立
quèlì · HSK 5
to establish; to institute
🏛️ 确 = sure/firm + 立 = stand; firmly stand = establish
确 (què) means firm/certain, 立 (lì) means to stand or set up. Together: firmly set up — to establish or entrench something solidly. Sound-alike hook: 'quèlì' ≈ 'click-lee' locking into place.
立 — person standing on ground (大 over 一)
Pictograph of a person standing with arms outstretched on the ground line below. The original oracle bone form clearly shows a frontal human figure planted on the earth. The core meaning 'to stand' extended to 'establish, set up, erect.'