Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Alternative forms

Note the different forms, which differ in two respects: simplified does not have a left vertical stroke, while the traditional form has a left vertical stroke; and in simplified form, the top component is connected with the bottom, while in traditional they are separated – this last difference is shared with the related character 真 and the unrelated character 具. The traditional form and stroke order are used in Japan and Taiwan.

Han character

直 (radical 109 目+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十月一一 (JBMM), four-corner 4071₆, composition ⿱十⿺𠃊目(JK) or ⿱十⿻且一(GT))

Derived characters

• 置, 值

Related characters

• 真, 眞

See also

• 具

References

• KangXi: page 800, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23136
• Dae Jaweon: page 1215, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 61, character 7
• Unihan data for U+76F4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 直
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 目 ‎(“eye”) + 丨 ‎(“vertical stroke”) – vertical stroke above the eye; looking straight ahead.

The line on the side appears in bronze script and subsequently stretched under the 目 shape, while the traditional form appears in seal script. The top component has been relatively unstable, taking on other shapes such as 匕 – compare 眞, and different forms of 真.

Pronunciation

Definitions

直

1. straight; linear; undeviating
2. to straighten
3. vertical; upright; erect
4. honest; fair
5. straightforward; forthright; frank
6. directly; straight

   直去  ―  zhíqù  ―  to go directly to

7. intentionally; deliberately
8. ^†Alternative form of 只 (zhǐ, “only”).
9. (Chinese calligraphy) vertical stroke in Chinese characters
10. ^†Alternative form of 值 (zhí, “to be worth”).
    • 今有布一匹，價直一百二十-五。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      今有布一匹，价直一百二十-五。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
      From: 《九章算術》 (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art), 衰分 (Proportional distribution)

      Jīn yǒu bù yī pǐ, jiàzhí yībǎi èrshíwǔ. [Pinyin]

      Now there exists one piece of cloth; its value is worth one hundred twenty-five.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. straight

Readings

• Goon: じき (jiki) < ぢき (diki)
• Kan’on: ちょく (choku)
• Kun: なおす (直す, naosu), なおる (直る, naoru), ただちに (直ちに, tadachini)
• Nanori: なおい (naoi)

Compounds

• 直 (ちょっ)径 (けい) ‎(chokkei, “diameter”)
• 直 (ちょっ)角 (かく)三 (さん)角 (かっ)形 (けい) ‎(chokkakusankakkei, “right triangle”)
• 直流 (ちょくりゅう) ‎(chokuryū, “direct current”)
• 直 (ちょっ)感 (かん) ‎(chokkan, “intuition”)

Korean

Hanja

直 • ‎(jik) (hangeul 직, revised jik, McCune-Reischauer chik, Yale cik)

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Vietnamese

Han character

直 (trực, chực, sực)

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