Chinese symbol for “straight”
一直
yī zhí
straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
The closest CC-CEDICT match for straight is 一直 (yī zhí), defined as: straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “straight”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正 | zhèng | straight; upright |
| 挺 | tǐng | straight; erect |
| 直 | zhí | straight; to straighten |
| 顺子 (順子) | shùn zi | a straight (poker, mahjong) |
| 径 (徑) | jìng | footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一直.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast |
See also: Japanese symbol for “straight”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.