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CHINESE CHARACTER

zhí

直

直

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just

Numbered pinyin
zhi2
English meanings
directly, straight, continuously, just, simply

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–middle–bottom structure

Top–middle–bottom arrangement: top 十; middle 目; bottom 一.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿳十目一

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这tiáo条lù路hěn很zhí直。

    This road is straight.

  2. 02

    zhí直zǒu走。

    Go straight.

  3. 03

    zhíjiē直接shuō说。

    Say it directly.

  4. 04

    zhàn站zhí直。

    Stand straight.

  5. 05

    tiānqì天气rè热。

    The weather is hot.

  6. 06

    zhí直shuǎng爽de的rén人。

    An outspoken person.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 一直
  • 勇往直前
  • 正直
  • 理直气壮
  • 直到
  • 直升机
  • 直奔
  • 直径
  • 直接
  • 直播
  • 直线
  • 直至
  • 直观
  • 直视
  • 直觉
  • 直达
  • 简直
  • 耿直