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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