Chinese Character 直 Meanings and components.

Form

直

Meaning

直 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhi.

Zhi (C. 2000 Bc), Fifth Of The Legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 Di4] Descended From Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 Nong2] Farmer God.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 直 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𥃭) , and component in Chinese … (乚)

Its radical[1] is: 目 (mu4) which means: Eye, Item, Section, List, Catalogue, Table Of Contents, Order (Taxonomy), Goal, Name, Title, .目mu4eye

In cangjie it is written with JBMM

How to write 直

To write直zhi2surname Zhi you should write a combination of 𥃭𥃭5 , 乚yin3component in … arranged in a 吕 shape:

𥃭 + 乚 = 直

直 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 直 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 直, looks as follow:

直
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi . Zhi (C. 2000 Bc), Fifth Of The Legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 Di4] Descended From Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 Nong2] Farmer God
𥃭
Pinyin:𥃭5 Shape:吕
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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