Mnemonic comic for 直
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Mnemonic symbol: someone straight edge. James II of England (zh) decided to go straight edge (直) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2), and he also decided that this means he won't listen to music anymore. The Eye of Providence (目) promptly plays some music on its flute (一) to tease him, whereupon the James II of England defends himself by holding up a cross (十).
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All translations for 直
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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straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
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直 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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ten / 10
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eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
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Characters with 直 as component
to plant
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value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty
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to grow / to reproduce
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to install / to place / to put / to buy
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variant of 德[de2]
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variant of 德[de2]
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lofty / upright
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variant of 值[zhi2]
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soil with large clay content
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early-planted crop
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variant of 德[de2]
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Words with 直
straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / from the beginning of ... up to ... / all along
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2])
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