直 — Chinese character

直

zhí

straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank

Pinyin: zhí
Radical: 109 ⽬ (Eye)
Strokes: 8
Components: 十目一
Formation: ideographic — To look someone in the eye 目
Japanese: 直 as a kanji

Common words with 直

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一直	yī zhí	straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
直接	zhí jiē	directly; direct
直到	zhí dào	until
直播	zhí bō	(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast
简直 (簡直)	jiǎn zhí	simply; really
直升机 (直升機)	zhí shēng jī	helicopter; measure word: 架 (jià)
直升机 (直昇機)	zhí shēng jī	variant of 直升机 (zhí shēng jī)
直至	zhí zhì	lasting until; up till (the present)
直辖市 (直轄市)	zhí xiá shì	municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶\|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision; province level city
直径 (直徑)	zhí jìng	diameter
直属 (直屬)	zhí shǔ	directly subordinate
垂直	chuí zhí	perpendicular; vertical

English words written with 直

直 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 22 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 13 · Zhuangzi 28

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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