直 (zhí) — Chinese Character

直

zhí

surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God

Radical: 目 HSK 3 d, a, v ideographic

Components & Etymology

直 decomposes into the following components:

十目一

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 直.

一直

yī zhí

亢直

kàng zhí

任直

rèn zhí

伸直

shēn zhí

僵直

jiāng zhí

刚直

gāng zhí

劲直

jìng zhí

发直

fā zhí

嘴直

zuǐ zhí

垂直

chuí zhí

平直

píng zhí

廉直

lián zhí

Characters that share the radical 目.

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