直 zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
Made up of [目 mù eye radical 109, 十 shí ten; 10 radical 24, 丨 gǔn line radical 2]Used as component 直 in :真 zhēn ; 值 zhí ; 植 zhí ; 置 zhì
Made with 8 strokes.
Can be thought of as ten eyes judging the straightness of a line
Related characters
Also uses 目 mù component: 德 dé (virtue) 盾 dùn (shield) 睛 jīng (eye) 看 kàn (look) 冒 mào (to emit) 面 miàn (face) 盼 pàn (to hope for) 算 suàn (calculate) 相 xiāng (each other) 自 zì (from)
Also uses 十 shí component: 半 bàn (half) 德 dé (virtue) 盾 dùn (shield) 古 gǔ (ancient) 华 huá (splendid) 卖 mài (sell) 南 nán (south) 啤 pí (hops) 什 shén (what) 午 wǔ (noon) 载 zài (to carry) 早 zǎo (early) 支 zhī (to support)
Also uses 丨 gǔn component: 夫 fū (husband) 旧 jiù (old) 铺 pù (store) 书 shū (book) 未 wèi (not yet) 行 xíng (permitted) 攸 yōu (distant) 中 zhōng (centre)
Sounds same
值 zhí (value) 植 zhí (to plant)Different tone
只 zhī (one) 之 zhī (him) 知 zhī (to know) 支 zhī (to support) 枝 zhī (branch) 纸 zhǐ (paper) 止 zhǐ (to stop) 夂 zhǐ (walk slowly) 志 zhì (aspiration) 至 zhì (to arrive) 治 zhì (to rule) 致 zhì (to send) 置 zhì (to install)Pronunciation
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