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直线

zhíxiàn

straight line

HSK 5 · Topic “Space and direction”
A rope stretched straight
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

线 xiàn

Strokes
8
Radical
纟 — silk
Made of
纟 silk 戋 small, narrow
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 画一条直线。 Huà yì tiáo zhíxiàn. Draw a straight line.
  • 这路是直线。 Zhè lù shì zhíxiàn. This road is straight.
  • 沿直线走。 Yán zhíxiàn zǒu. Walk in a straight line.

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