zhí

straight; vertical; straightforward

HSK 3 #255

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 255th character
Radical ⽬ (109.3)
Strokes 8
Index # 1011

Definitions

直 zhí
  1. 1. straight
  2. 2. vertical
  3. 3. straightforward
  4. 4. frank
  5. 5. fair and reasonable
  6. 6. to straighten
  7. 7. (indicates continuing motion or action)
  8. 8. vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
  9. 9. surname Zhi
  10. 10. Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors yán dì descended from Shennong shén nóng Farmer God

Stroke order

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Words containing 直

Word Meaning
a straightforward honest account
a straightforward honest account
direct ancestor
blood relative; direct descendant
blood relative; direct descendant
next of kin; immediate dependant
straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
linear accelerator
linear accelerator
linear accelerator
linear accelerator
rectum (anatomy)
(coll.) forthright person
frank and outspoken (idiom)
frank and outspoken (idiom)
proctoscope (medicine)
proctoscope (medicine)
Telok Blangah, a place in Singapore (GM)
Telok Blangah, a place in Singapore (GM)
to go straight; straight forward; fig. to do right
robe worn by priests, monks and scholars
to look straight at
intuition
intuitiveness
intuitiveness