直
straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #316 U+76F4
How 直 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To look someone in the eye 目
How to remember it
straight · Heisig RSH #72
十 ten + 目 eye + floor
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 直 as their sound component
These characters all use 直 (zhí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 直 sound component | zhí | straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank |
| 值 | zhí | price, value, worth |
| 置 | zhì | to lay out, to place, to set aside |
| 植 | zhí | tree, plant; to grow |
| 殖 | zhí | to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper |
| 稙 | zhí | grain ready for grinding |
| 埴 | zhí | soil with high clay content |
Words containing 直
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意大利直面 | Yì dà lì zhí miàn | spaghetti |
| 西直门 | Xī zhí mén | Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing; the main northwest gate of Beijing |
| 直通火车 | zhí tōng huǒ chē | through train |
| 直发器 | zhí fà qì | hair straightener |
| 直流电 | zhí liú diàn | direct current |
| 直通车 | zhí tōng chē | "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to … |
| 直道而行 | zhí dào ér xíng | lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 东直门 | Dōng zhí mén | Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 直白 | zhí bái | to speak frankly; frank; open; blunt |
| 一直以来 | yī zhí yǐ lái | in the past always; for a long time now; until now |
| 直行 | zhí xíng | to go straight; straight forward; fig. to do right |
| 发直 | fā zhí | to stare; to look blank; to be fixed (of eyes) |
| 直发 | zhí fà | straight hair |
| 直面 | zhí miàn | to face (reality, danger etc) |
| 直角三角形 | zhí jiǎo sān jiǎo xíng | right-angled triangle |
| 平直 | píng zhí | smooth; level |
| 直角器 | zhí jiǎo qì | a set square (carpenter's tool) |
| 直达车 | zhí dá chē | through train (or bus) |
| 直立人 | zhí lì rén | Homo erectus |