The Chinese Radical: 直


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Meaning
straight, frank    直

Explanation fair and reasonable;

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
straight, fair and reasonable, frank
zhí
Top: ten , below: eye and a base line __
Ten eyes watch the base line which is straight.
JLPT HSK 4
to plant, plantation
zhí
Left: tree , right: straight (Ten eyes watch the base line __ which is straight.)
(In a nursery the trees are planted in a matrix:) The trees are straightly planted.
JLPT HSK 4
value, price, to be worth, to happen
zhí
Left: person , right: straight, directly (Ten eyes watch the base line __, which is straight.)
This person knows directly his value.
JLPT HSK 5
to place, position, to install, to put
zhì
Top: eye 罒, below: straight (Ten eyes watch the base line __ which is straight.)
The eye sees directly what has been placed in that position.
JLPT HSK 6
to grow, to reproduce, increase
zhí
Left: bad, wicked (=bare bone, HERE: vari. of many ), right: immediately (Ten eyes watch the base line __ which is straight.)
Many things can immediately be grown & reproduced.
JLPT no HSK
lofty, to erect, upright
chù
3
Three times: straight (Ten eyes watch the base line __ which is straight.)
If one 'straight' thing is directly piled on two others, it becomes: lofty.

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