Onyomi: ジカ, ジキ, チョク · Kunyomi: -なお.す, す.ぐ, ただ.ちに, なお.き, なお.す, なお.る · Meanings: fix, frankness, honesty, repair, straightaway
Kanji for fix, frankness, honesty, repair, straightaway
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直 is formed from 十 on the top and 目 on the bottom. The element 目 relates to seeing or observation, while 十 represents alignment or correctness. Together, they express seeing something clearly and correctly without deviation. From this idea, 直 came to mean straight, direct, or honest.
直 shows correct alignment in what is seen, meaning straight or direct.
Remember 直 as seeing something clearly and without deviation.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 値 | あたい | price, cost | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 直 | じき | soon, in a moment, before long, shortly | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Adverb (fukushi), Noun |
| 直 | ちょく | direct | common Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 直 | なお | straight | JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 直 | あたい | Atai (post-Taika reform hereditary title often given to regional administrators) | Noun |
| 直 | ひた | earnestly, immediately, exactly | Prefix |
| 直 | じか | direct | Noun, used as a prefix, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 直 | ただ | straight, direct | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 値 | ね | price, cost | Noun |
| 直線 | ちょくせん | straight line | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |