Kanji 直

音読おんよみ: チョク・ジキ

訓読くんよみ: ただちに
なお・なお

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: め(目)

Meaning

Straight / Fix / Direct / Honest

Conjugation
Tap for 直す (fix) Tap for 直る (recover)
  • ただちに — immediately
  • 正直しょうじき — honesty
  • 直線ちょくせん — straight line
  • 直通ちょくつう — direct connection
  • なおす — to fix, repair
  • 直面ちょくめん — confrontation, directly facing
More examples - tap to expand
  • 直火じかび — open flame
  • 直筆じきひつ — one’s own handwriting
  • 直撃ちょくげき — direct hit
  • 直訳ちょくやく — literal translation
  • 直径ちょっけい — diameter
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • 見直みなおす — to reconsider; to review
  • やり直なおす — to redo; to try again
  • かんがなおす — to rethink
  • 出直でなおす — to come back again; to start over

The kanji 直 combines 目 (eye) and 十 (ten) and originally suggested the idea of seeing directly or clearly. From this, meanings like “straight,” “honest,” and “immediate” emerged.

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