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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

Stroke order of 直, 8 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

ジキ jiki · on reading

ただ(ちに) tadachini · kun reading · less common

なお(す) naosu · kun reading

なお(る) naoru · kun reading

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.