直

直 — straightaway, honesty, frankness

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #246 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ちょく choku

じき jiki

じか jika
Kun'yomi: ただ.ちに tada.chini

なお.す nao.su

-なお.す -nao.su

なお.る nao.ru

なお.き nao.ki

す.ぐ su.gu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 直

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