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直

zhí

straight

A person straightening a reed
Memory picture

Character

直 zhí

Strokes
8
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
十 ten, tenth 目 eye 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这条路很直。 Zhè tiáo lù hěn zhí. This road is very straight.
  • 请直走吧。 Qǐng zhí zǒu ba. Please go straight.
  • 直路好走。 Zhí lù hǎo zǒu. A straight road is easy to walk on.

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