The kanji 直: meaning, readings and stroke order
直
- Meaning
- straight, fix
- On reading
- チョク choku、ジキ jiki
- Kun reading
- ただ(ちに) tadachini、なお(す) naosu、なお(る) naoru
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 目 eye
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thẳng, sửa lại (trực)
- Japanese
- まっすぐ。なおす。
- Korean
- 곧다, 고치다 (직)
- Chinese
- 直、修好
Readings, words and example sentences
チョク choku · on reading
直角
right angle
この 道は 直角に まがります。
This road turns at a right angle.
ジキ jiki · on reading
正直
honest
正直に 答えます。
I answer honestly.
ただ(ちに) tadachini · kun reading · less common
直ちに
at once, right away
直ちに 家へ 帰りなさい。
Go home right now.
なお(す) naosu · kun reading
直す
to fix, to correct
まちがいを 直します。
I fix my mistakes.
なお(る) naoru · kun reading
直る
to be fixed
こわれた 時計が 直りました。
The broken clock is fixed now.
Practise writing 直 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 直 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.