A kanji
直
straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
- 8 strokes
- Taught in grade 2 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 246 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
チョク、ジキ、ジカ
Kun'yomi
ただ.ちに、なお.す、-なお.す、なお.る、なお.き、す.ぐ
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 直 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 直 22 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 2 words
JLPT N3 · 5 words
JLPT N2 · 12 words
- 直前ちょくぜんjust before
- 仲直りなかなおりreconciliation, make peace with
- 素直すなおobedient, meek, docile
- 垂直すいちょくvertical, perpendicular
- 卒直そっちょくfrank, candid, honest
- 見直すみなおすto look over again, to review
- 直後ちょくごimmediately following
- 直線ちょくせんstraight line
- 直通ちょくつうdirect connection
- 直流ちょくりゅうdirect current
- 直角ちょっかくright angle
- 直径ちょっけいdiameter
JLPT N1 · 3 words
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 直.
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