直
直 in English
- straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 15 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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三天一直下雨。
It's been raining non-stop for three days.
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三年前我来到东京并一直住在这儿。
I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.
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从上週四开始一直下雨。
It has been raining since last Thursday.
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从他大学毕业后，他就一直致力于原子能的研究。
He has been devoted to the study of atomic energy ever since he graduated from the university.
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他一直与我同在。
He is always with me.
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他一直会给他妻子送礼物。
He is always giving presents to his wife.
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他一直很担心他的女儿。
He is always worrying about his daughter.
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他一直想學日語。
He always wanted to study Japanese.