KanjiN3Grade 2 · 小28 strokesRadical 目#246 in newspapers
直 · straightaway, honesty
直 is a kanji meaning straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- チョクchoku
- ジキjiki
- ジカjika
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- ただちにtadachini
- なおすnaosu
- -なおす-naosu
- なおるnaoru
- なおきnaoki
- すぐsugu
Practise the N3 kanji
In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 直 · 22 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 直るなおる | なおる | to be fixed | N4 |
| 直すなおす | なおす | to correct (v.t.); to fix | N4 |
| 直にじかに | じかに | immediately, readily, directly | N3 |
| 直じき | じき | immediately, soon, shortly | N3 |
| 正直しょうじき | しょうじき | honesty, integrity, frankness | N3 |
| 直ちにただちに | ただちに | at once, immediately | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 直接ちょくせつ | ちょくせつ | direct, immediate, firsthand | N3 |
| 垂直すいちょく | すいちょく | vertical, perpendicular | N2 |
| 素直すなお | すなお | obedient, meek, docile | N2 |
| 率直そっちょく | そっちょく | frank, candid, honest | N2 |
| 直後ちょくご | ちょくご | immediately following | N2 |
| 直線ちょくせん | ちょくせん | straight line | N2 |
| 直前ちょくぜん | ちょくぜん | just before | N2 |
| 直通ちょくつう | ちょくつう | direct connection | N2 |
| 直流ちょくりゅう | ちょくりゅう | direct current | N2 |
| 直角ちょっかく | ちょっかく | right angle | N2 |
| 直径ちょっけい | ちょっけい | diameter | N2 |
| 仲直りなかなおり | なかなおり | reconciliation, make peace with | N2 |
| 見直すみなおす | みなおす | to look over again, to review | N2 |
| 直面ちょくめん | ちょくめん | confrontation | N1 |
| 直感ちょっかん | ちょっかん | intuition, instinct | N1 |
| 出直しでなおし | でなおし | adjustment, touch up | N1 |
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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