直

Straight

Also: Fix, Repair, Straightaway, Direct, Right Away, Directly, Immediately, Honesty, Frankness

On'yomi

  • ちょく choku
  • じき jiki
  • じか jika

Kun'yomi

  • ただ(ちに) tadachini
  • なお(す) naosu
  • す su
Stroke count
8
Radical
目 eye · Kangxi radical 109
JLPT level
N3
School grade
Grade 2

直 has 8 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 目 (eye), number 109. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 2 of elementary school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N3 kanji list · Grade 2 kanji list · All kanji