Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 8

直

Meaning in English

straightaway, honesty, frankness

Readings

Onyomi: チョク, ジキ, ジカ Kunyomi: ただ.ちに, なお.す, -なお.す, なお.る, なお.き, す.ぐ Romaji: choku, jiki, jika / tada.chini, nao.su, -nao.su, nao.ru, nao.ki, su.gu

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

直

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese Imediatamente, honestidade, franqueza

Spanish de inmediato, honestidad, franqueza

Korean 즉시, 정직, 솔직함

French d'emblée, honnêteté, franchise

Italian onestà, franchezza

German Direktheit, Ehrlichkeit, Offenheit

Indonesian langsung, kejujuran, keterusterangan

★ Vietnamese Ngay lập tức, sự trung thực, sự thẳng thắn

Thai ทันที ความซื่อสัตย์ ความตรงไปตรงมา

Related kanji

N4 目 moku, boku / me, -me, ma- eye, class, look N1 眼 gan, gen / manako, me eyeball, globe oculaire, ojo N1 眺 chou / naga.meru stare, watch, look at N1 眸 bou, mu / hitomi pupil of the eye, pupila, ojo N4 着 chaku, jaku / ki.ru, ki.seru, tsu.ku, tsu.keru don, arrive, wear N1 督 toku coach, command, urge N1 睡 sui / nemu.ru, nemu.i drowsy, sleep, die N1 睦 boku, moku / mutsu.majii, mutsu.mu, mutsu.bu intimate, friendly, harmonious N1 瞳 dou, tou / hitomi pupil (of eye), pupille (oeil), pupila

Words with this kanji

N1 直面 chokumen confrontation N1 直感 chokkan intuition, instinct N1 出直し denaoshi adjustment, touch up N2 垂直 suichoku vertical, perpendicular N2 素直 sunao obedient, meek, docile N2 卒直 socchoku frank, candid, honest N2 率直 socchoku frank, candid, straightforward, openhearted, direct, outspoken N2 直後 chokugo immediately following N2 直線 chokusen straight line

Sentences with this kanji

N5 間違いを直してください。 Machigai o naoshite kudasai. Please correct the mistake. N5 文章を書き直しました。 Bunshou o kakinaoshimashita. I rewrote the sentence. N5 最初からやり直しましょう。 Saisho kara yarinaoshimashou. Let’s start again from the beginning. N5 先生に直してもらった文章をもう一度読み直した Sensei ni naoshite moratta bunshou o mou ichido yominaoshita I reread the text corrected by the teacher