直

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直 U+76F4, 直
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76F4
← 盳
[U+76F3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 盵 →
[U+76F5]
Ufaa8.svg
直 U+FAA8, 直
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAA8
← 盛
[U+FAA7] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 睊 →
[U+FAA9]
直 U+2F940, 直
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F940
← 䀈
[U+2F93F] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𥃳 →
[U+2F941]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
直-order.gif
Stroke order
(Japan)
直-jorder.gif
Stroke order (Japan)
8 strokes

Alternative forms[edit]

Note the different forms, which differ in two respects: both Simplified and Traditional do not have a left vertical stroke, while the orthodox form has a left vertical stroke; and in simplified form, the top component is connected with the bottom, while in the orthodox they are separated – this last difference is shared with unrelated characters 真 and 具. The older form and stroke order are officially used in Japan but an alternative writing in other countries.

Han character[edit]

Japanese 直
Simplified 直
Traditional 直

直 (radical 109, 目+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十月一一 (JBMM), four-corner 40716, composition ⿱十⿴𠀃三(GH) or ⿱𠂇⿴𠀃三(TV) or ⿱𠂇⿺𠃊目(JK))

Derived characters[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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


Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 直
alternative forms 𰅰 second round simplified

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 直
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
直-oracle.svg 直-bronze.svg 直-seal.svg 直-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (直) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
置 *tɯɡs
值 *dɯɡs, *dɯɡ
植 *dɯɡs, *djɯɡ
埴 *tʰjɯɡs, *djɯɡ
惪 *tɯːɡ
德 *tɯːɡ
稙 *tɯɡ
淔 *tʰɯɡ
直 *dɯɡ
犆 *dɯɡ
殖 *djɯɡ

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.

Etymology[edit]

"simply; only"
According to Schuessler (2007), cognate with 特 (OC *dɯːɡ, “single”). Also compare Darmiya taku (“one”).
"straight; right"
According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tjak/ŋ ~ tik/ŋ (“good; very; real; straight”), which also includes 正 (OC *tjeŋ, “first (lunar month)”), 正 (OC *tjeŋs, “straight; correct”), 政 (OC *tjeŋs, “government; rule”) and 實 (OC *ɦliɡ, “solid; true”). Cognates include Tibetan ཏིག་ཏིག (tig tig, “certainly”), Mizo dik (“correct”), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-d(y)ak (“truly; very; intensitive”). An allofam is probably 德 (OC *tɯːɡ, “virtue”) (Schuessler, 2007).
“heterosexual”
Semantic loan from English straight.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou:
    • ti̍t - vernacular;
    • tia̍k/te̍k - literary.
  • (Teochew)
    • Note:
    • dig8 - Chaozhou and Shantou;
    • dêg8 - Jieyang.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 直
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴²/
    Qingdao /tʃz̩⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴²/
    Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Xining /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵³/
    Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    Wuhan /t͡sz̩²¹³/
    Chengdu /t͡sz̩³¹/
    Guiyang /t͡sz̩²¹/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³¹/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ʔ⁵/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂəʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡səʔ⁵⁴/
    Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʌʔ⁵³/
    Hohhot /t͡səʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /zəʔ¹/
    Suzhou /zəʔ³/
    Hangzhou /d͡zəʔ²/
    Wenzhou /d͡zei²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰi²²/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɨʔ²/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰət̚⁵/
    Taoyuan /tʃʰït̚⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sek̚²/
    Nanning /t͡sek̚²²/
    Hong Kong /t͡sɐk̚²/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tik̚⁵/
    /tit̚⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tiʔ⁵/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tɛ⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /tik̚⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔdit̚³/
    /t͡sek̚⁵/
    Rime
    Character 直
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
    Final (韻) 職 (134)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 除力切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɖɨk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɖɨk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȡiek̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɖik̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȡiək̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȡĭək̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȡʱi̯ək̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhí
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zik6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 直
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhí
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ drik ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*N-t<r>ək/
    English straight

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 直
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17269
    Phonetic
    component         		直
    Rime
    group         		職
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		直
    Old
    Chinese         		/*dɯɡ/
    Notes 金文象目測枉材以取直而會意

    Definitions[edit]

    直

    1. straight; linear; undeviating
      直線 / 直线  ―  zhíxiàn  ―  straight line
      Antonyms: 彎／弯 (wān), 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū)
    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. † only; just
      Synonym: 只 (zhǐ)
    9. (Chinese calligraphy) vertical stroke in Chinese characters
    10. † Alternative form of 值 (zhí, “to be worth”).
    11. constantly
    12. (slang) straight; heterosexual
      直男  ―  zhínán  ―  heterosexual man
      Antonym: 彎／弯 (wān)
    13. (historical) Short for 直隸／直隶 (Zhílì, “Zhili”).
      直系軍閥 / 直系军阀  ―  Zhí xì jūnfá  ―  the Zhili faction (of the Beiyang warlords)
    14. A surname​.

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 豎 (“vertical; upright”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 豎
    Mandarin Beijing 豎
    Jinan 豎
    Xi'an 豎, 順, 立
    Wuhan 豎, 直
    Chengdu 豎, 立
    Guiyang 豎, 直
    Yangzhou 豎
    Hefei 豎
    Cantonese Guangzhou 掂, 戙
    Hong Kong 直, 掂, 戙
    Yangjiang 掂, 直
    Gan Nanchang 敦, 直
    Hakka Meixian 直
    Jin Taiyuan 豎
    Min Bei Jian'ou 直
    Min Dong Fuzhou 直, 徛
    Min Nan Xiamen 徛
    Chaozhou 徛, 直
    Wu Suzhou 直, 豎
    Wenzhou 豎
    Xiang Changsha 敦, 直
    Shuangfeng 敦, 直

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 直

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    直

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. straight

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    直
    じか
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi

    Sound change from jiki.[1]

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    Prefix[edit]

    直(じか) • (jika-) 

    1. directly
      Synonym: 直接 (chokusetsu)

    Related terms[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 直 – see the following entry.
    【なお】
    [adjective] common, ordinary, straight
    [adverb] normally, usually
    (This term, 直, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 3[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    直
    ちょく
    Grade: 2
    kan’on

    Adjective[edit]

    直(ちょく) • (choku) †-tari (adnominal 直(ちょく)たる (choku taru), adverbial 直(ちょく)と (choku to) or 直(ちょく)として (choku to shite))

    1. direct, straight, frank

    Adjective[edit]

    直(ちょく) • (choku) -na (adnominal 直(ちょく)な (choku na), adverbial 直(ちょく)に (choku ni))

    1. sincere, straightforward, proper, frank
    2. simple, not extravagant, not expensive, less formal
      Synonyms: 安直 (anchoku), 手軽 (tegaru), 安価 (anka)

    Verb[edit]

    直(ちょく)する • (choku suru) suru (stem 直(ちょく)し (choku shi), past 直(ちょく)した (choku shita))

    1. to do one's duty, be on duty
    Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of "直する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
    Stem forms
    Imperfective (未然形) 直し ちょくし choku shi
    Continuative (連用形) 直し ちょくし choku shi
    Terminal (終止形) 直する ちょくする choku suru
    Attributive (連体形) 直する ちょくする choku suru
    Hypothetical (仮定形) 直すれ ちょくすれ choku sure
    Imperative (命令形) 直せよ¹
    直しろ²         		ちょくせよ¹
    ちょくしろ²         		choku seyo¹
    choku shiro²
    Key constructions
    Passive 直される ちょくされる choku sareru
    Causative 直させる
    直さす         		ちょくさせる
    ちょくさす         		choku saseru
    choku sasu
    Potential 直できる ちょくできる choku dekiru
    Volitional 直しよう ちょくしよう choku shiyō
    Negative 直しない ちょくしない choku shinai
    Negative continuative 直せず ちょくせず choku sezu
    Formal 直します ちょくします choku shimasu
    Perfective 直した ちょくした choku shita
    Conjunctive 直して ちょくして choku shite
    Hypothetical conditional 直すれば ちょくすれば choku sureba
    ¹ Written imperative

    ² Spoken imperative

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    直 (eumhun 곧을 직 (godeul jik))

    1. Hanja form? of 직 (“straight”).

    Miyako[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    直

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    直: Hán Nôm readings: trực

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    Yaeyama[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    直

    Yonaguni[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    直

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