zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable

Made up of [ eye radical 109, shí ten; 10 radical 24, gǔn line radical 2]
Used as component in : zhēn ; zhí ; zhí ; zhì
Made with 8 strokes.
Can be thought of as ten eyes judging the straightness of a line

Related characters


Also uses component: (virtue) dùn (shield) ; jīng (eye) ; kàn (look) ; mào (to emit) ; miàn (face) ; pàn (to hope for) ; suàn (calculate) ; xiāng (each other) ; (from)
Also uses shí component: bàn (half) (virtue) ; dùn (shield) ; (ancient) ; huá (splendid) ; mài (sell) ; nán (south) ; (hops) ; shén (what) ; (noon) ; zài (to carry) ; zǎo (early) ; zhī (to support)
Also uses gǔn component: (husband) jiù (old) ; (store) ; shū (book) ; wèi (not yet) ; xíng (permitted) ; yōu (distant) ; zhōng (centre)

Sounds same

zhí (value) ; zhí (to plant)

Different tone

zhī (one) ; zhī (him) ; zhī (to know) ; zhī (to support) ; zhī (branch) ; zhǐ (paper) ; zhǐ (to stop) ; zhǐ (walk slowly) ; zhì (aspiration) ; zhì (to arrive) ; zhì (to rule) ; zhì (to send) ; zhì (to install)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 直
Stroke order for character 直, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license