直

Translingual

Stroke order

Taiwanese 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.

Etymology

Original (in oracle script) a vertical line emerging from the top of a nose 自, in present form resembles a cross 十 over 目. 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.

Han character

shinjitai	直
simplified	直
traditional	直

直 (radical 109 目+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十月一一 (JBMM), four-corner 4071₆)

1. straight, erect, vertical
2. alignment, aligned, harmonious

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

直 (Yale jik6)

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Japanese

Kanji

直 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょく (choku), じき (jiki)
• Kun: なおす (naosu), ただちに (tadachini)
• Nanori: なおい (naoi)

Compounds

• 直径
• 直角三角形
• 直流
• 直感

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

直 (pinyin xuán (xuan2), zhí (zhi2), Wade-Giles hsüan², chih²)

Compounds

• 直接
• 直昇機
• 直径

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Vietnamese

Han character

直 (trực, chực, sực)