直
Meanings
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- 1.straight
- 2.to straighten
- 3.fair and reasonable
- 4.frank
- 5.straightforward
- 6.(indicates continuing motion or action)
- 7.vertical
- 8.vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- 1.surname Zhi
- 2.Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God
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Wiktionary
- 1.straight; linear; undeviating
- 2.to straighten
- 3.vertical; upright; erect; perpendicular
- 4.honest; fair; just; upright
- 5.straightforward; forthright; frank
- 6.directly; straight
- 7.stiff; numb
- 8.constantly; continuously
- 9.simply; just; only
- 10.settled; clear; brought to an end
- 11.a simple kind of board game similar to Go, played in southern Fujian and Taiwan
- 12.vertical stroke in Chinese characters
- 13.straight; heterosexual
- 14.dead
- 15.a surname
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Etymology
Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 目 (“eye”) + 丨 (“vertical stroke”) – vertical stroke above the eye; looking straight ahead. Then, a black dot was drawn inside the vertical stroke and this point later became a horizontal stroke (hence getting a shape similar to 十). The line on the side appears in bronze script and subsequently stretched under the 目 shape, while the traditional form appears in seal script. A conservative version is used inside the character 𢛳 (> 德), while the modern version is used inside its variant 惪. Unrelated to 具 and 真. ; "simply; only" ; "straight; right" ; “heterosexual”
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
他坐直了。
He was sitting up straight.
那頓飯簡直好極了。
That meal was simply divine.
我簡直不用花錢就買到了。
I got it for next to nothing.
沿着这条路直走，到第三个红绿灯的地方右转。
Go straight down this street and turn right at the third light.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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