直
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Han character
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直 (radical 109 目+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十月一一 (JBMM), four-corner 40716)
- straight, erect, vertical
- alignment, aligned, harmonious
[edit] Derived characters
[edit] Related characters
[edit] See also
[edit] 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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
直 (Yale jik6)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
直 (hangeul 직, revised jik, McCune-Reischauer chik, Yale cik)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
直 (pinyin xuán (xuan2), zhí (zhi2), Wade-Giles hsüan2, chih2)

