直 (zhí)
Straight; direct; vertical.
How 直 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 十 — ten
- Traditional
- 直
- Simplified
- 直 (unchanged)
Common words using 直
- 一直 yīzhí
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always
- 直接 zhíjiē
- direct; opposite: indirect 間接|间接; immediate
- 直播 zhíbō
- live broadcast (not recorded); direct internet broadcasting
- 正直 zhèngzhí
- upright; upstanding; honest
- 直線 zhíxiàn
- straight line
- 直視 zhíshì
- to look straight at
- 直覺 zhíjué
- intuition
- 直達 zhídá
- through; nonstop
- 簡直 jiǎnzhí
- simply; at all; practically
- 剛直 gāngzhí
- upright and outspoken
- 單刀直入 dāndāozhírù
- to get straight to the point (idiom)
- 垂直 chuízhí
- perpendicular; vertical
直 in a sentence
直走右轉就到了。
Zhí zǒu yòu zhuǎn jiù dào le.
“Go straight, turn right, and you'll be there.”
How common is 直?
直 is the 255th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 61% of all running text.
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