直
straight; straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair
8 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 246.
Readings
- チョク (on reading): 直接 (ちょくせつ) direct; 直後 (ちょくご) immediately following
- なおす (kun reading): 直す (なおす) to repair; 素直 (すなお) obedient
- ジキ (on reading): 正直 (しょうじき) honest; 直筆 (じきひつ) one's own handwriting
- なおる (kun reading): 直る (なおる) to get mended; 立ち直る (たちなおる) to regain one's footing
- ジカ (on reading): 直 (じか) direct; 直飲み (じかのみ) drinking directly (from bottle, can, flask, canteen, etc.)
- ただちに (kun reading): 直ちに (ただちに) at once; 直 (ただ) straight
- なおき (kun reading): 直き (なおき) straight
- すぐ (kun reading): 真直ぐ (ますぐ) straight (ahead); 生直ぐ (きすぐ) well-behaved
- Read as a whole word: 直衣 (のうし) everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward); 宿直 (とのい) night duty (in an imperial court, public office, etc.)
Components
Kanji containing 直
- 置 placement
- 値 price
- 植 plant
- 徳 benevolence
- 殖 augment
- 埴 clay
- 悳 ethics
- 稙 early-maturing rice
- 矗 luxuriance
Words using 直
- 直接 (ちょくせつ) direct
- 直後 (ちょくご) immediately following
- 直前 (ちょくぜん) just before
- 直線 (ちょくせん) straight line
- 直面 (ちょくめん) confrontation
- 直す (なおす) to repair
- 素直 (すなお) obedient
- 見直す (みなおす) to look at again
- やり直す (やりなおす) to do over again
- 見直し (みなおし) review
- 正直 (しょうじき) honest
- 直筆 (じきひつ) one's own handwriting
- 直訴 (じきそ) direct appeal
- 直々 (じきじき) in person
- 直臣 (じきしん) immediate follower (of the shogun)
- 直る (なおる) to get mended
- 立ち直る (たちなおる) to regain one's footing
- 開き直る (ひらきなおる) to become defiant
- 向き直る (むきなおる) to turn round
- 居直る (いなおる) to sit upright
- 直 (じか) direct
- 直飲み (じかのみ) drinking directly (from bottle, can, flask, canteen, etc.)
- 直談判 (じかだんぱん) direct talks
- 直火 (じかび) open fire (in cooking)
- 直火焼き (じかびやき) grilling over an open flame
- 直ちに (ただちに) at once
- 直 (ただ) straight
- 夜直鳥 (よただどり) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 直衣 (のうし) everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)
- 宿直 (とのい) night duty (in an imperial court, public office, etc.)
- 直き (なおき) straight
- 真直ぐ (ますぐ) straight (ahead)
- 生直ぐ (きすぐ) well-behaved
- 直垂 (ひたたれ) ancient ceremonial court robe
- 直会 (なおらい) communal consumption of offerings after a ritual
- 直 (あたい) Atai (post-Taika reform hereditary title often given to regional administrators)
- 直押しに (ひたおしに) steadily
- 直路 (すぐみち) straight road
543 words in all.