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U+76F4, 直
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76F4

[U+76F3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+76F5]
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U+FAA8, 直
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAA8

[U+FAA7]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FAA9]
直 U+2F940, 直
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F940
䀈
[U+2F93F]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𥃳
[U+2F941]

Translingual

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Alternative forms

Note the different forms, which differ in two respects: both Simplified and Traditional do not have a left vertical stroke, while the orthodox form does; and in simplified form, the top component is connected with the bottom, while in the orthodox they are separated – this last difference is shared with unrelated characters and . The older form and stroke order are officially used in Japan and South Korea but an alternative writing in other countries.

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 109, +3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十月一一 (JBMM), four-corner 40716, composition 𠀃(GH) or 𠂇𠀃(TV) or 𠂇𠃊(JK))

Derived characters

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 800, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23136
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1215, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 61, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+76F4
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (eye) + (vertical stroke) – vertical stroke above the eye; looking straight ahead. Then, a black dot was drawn inside the vertical stroke and this point later became a horizontal stroke (hence getting a shape similar to ).

The line on the side appears in bronze script and subsequently stretched under the 目 shape, while the traditional form appears in seal script.

A conservative version is used inside the character 𢛳 (> ), while the modern version is used inside its variant . Unrelated to and .

Etymology

"simply; only"
According to Schuessler (2007), cognate with (OC *dɯːɡ, “single”). Also compare Darmiya taku (one).
"straight; right"
According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tjak/ŋ ~ tik/ŋ (good; very; real; straight), which also includes (OC *tjeŋ, “first (lunar month)”), (OC *tjeŋs, “straight; correct”), (OC *tjeŋs, “government; rule”) and (OC *ɦliɡ, “solid; true”). Cognates include Tibetan ཏིག་ཏིག (tig tig, certainly), Mizo dik (correct), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-d(y)ak (truly; very; intensitive), whence Burmese တက်တက် (taktak, very, completely) and Burmese တျက်တျက် (tyaktyak, almost, quite). An allofam is probably (OC *tɯːɡ, “virtue”) (Schuessler, 2007).
“heterosexual”
Semantic loan from English straight.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Huian, Zhangzhou:
    • ti̍t/te̍t - vernacular (“straight; straightforward; simple and frank; constantly; settled; a simple kind of board game”);
    • tia̍k/te̍k - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. straight; linear; undeviating
    Antonyms:  / (wān), 彎曲 / 弯曲 (wānqū),  / (Cantonese)
    线   zhíxiàn   straight line
  2. to straighten
    後面 [MSC, trad.]
    后面 [MSC, simp.]
    zhí qǐ yāo lái, shǒu bèi zài hòumiàn. [Pinyin]
    He straightened up, hands on his back.
  3. vertical; upright; erect; perpendicular
    大堂 [MSC, trad.]
    大堂 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè ge dàtáng zhí lǐ yǒu bā mǐ, héng lǐ yǒu shí mǐ. [Pinyin]
    This hall is 8 meters in length and 10 meters in width.
  4. honest; fair; just; upright
       zhèngzhí   upright
  5. straightforward; forthright; frank
       zhíshuō   to speak directly
  6. directly; straight
       zhí   to go directly to
  7. stiff; numb
    今天雙手 [MSC, trad.]
    今天双手 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīntiān tài lěng le, shuāngshǒu dòng zhí le. [Pinyin]
    Today's so cold, my two hands are frozen numb.
  8. constantly; continuously
    哆嗦哆嗦   Tā qì de zhí duōsuō.   He continuously trembled with rage.
    [Hokkien]   ti̍t-ti̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   continuously
  9. simply; just; only
    Synonym:
       jiǎnzhí   simply; utterly
    渾身 [MSC, trad.]
    浑身 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā húnshēn tòng dé zhí xiàng bèi rén zòu le yī dùn. [Pinyin]
    His whole body hurt just like he's taken a beating.
  10. (Hokkien) simple and frank; without scruples or misgivings (in one's temperament, speech, or actions)
  11. (Hokkien) settled; clear; brought to an end
    猶未 [Hokkien, trad.]
    犹未 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Lí chit tiâu siàu iáu-bē ti̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    This account of yours hasn't been settled yet.
  12. (Mainland China Hokkien) a simple kind of board game similar to Go
  13. (Chinese calligraphy) vertical stroke in Chinese characters
  14. (slang) straight; heterosexual
    Antonyms:  / (wān),  / (Cantonese)
       shùnzhí   cishet
  15. (historical) short for 直隸直隶 (Zhílì, “Zhili”)
    軍閥军阀   Zhí xì jūnfá   the Zhili faction (of the Beiyang warlords)
    戰爭战争   Zhí Wǎn zhànzhēng   Zhili–Anhui War
  16. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (to be worth)
  17. (Cantonese, slang, figurative) dead
  18. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • Old Turkic: tik (vertical, straight, straightforward)
    • Oghuz: دیك
      • Azerbaijani: dik
      • Turkish: dik
      • Turkmen: dik
        • Turkmen: dikan (honest, straight, direct)

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