Zi:直

直 [zhí] ​一直 straight; 直​接 directly; ​垂直 perpendicular/vertical; ​挺直 straighten/erect; 直​线 straight line; ​正直 honest; ​僵直 stiff; (HDZ:) …

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The character 直 (8 strokes) is an abbrev. of old forms such as ​𥄂, merging the old lower components (⿱​目​一) into the shape ​ (6 strokes), not ​且 (5 strokes).
    Note: Formerly wr. ​𥄂, with a bottom horizontal stroke ​一 derived from old ​𠃊/​𠃑 (1 stroke), as seen in old forms of ​德(​憄​悳​惪).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 直(​𥄂) zhí ‘(see/know the) straight/true’ combines ​十 shí ‘ten’ (right angles), ​目 mù ‘eye’ (vision), and ​𠃊(​𠃑) yǐn ‘hide/hidden’ (crooked); the meaning of 直 is said to relate to ​目 ‘seeing/knowing’ the ​十 ‘straight/true’ from the ​𠃑 ‘crooked/wrong’ (​正​曲: ​矫​正​枉​曲; ​措​置); formerly wr. ​𣖇, also with a shape like ​十 over ​囧 jiǒng ‘bright (eye)’ (as in ​𢝕/​悉, ​朙/​明), but with ​木 mù ‘tree/wood’ below (a straight piece of wood; cf. ​植).
    Compare: 直 zhí ‘vertical (straight up and down)’ (ant. ​横 héng ‘horizontal’), also wr. ​植 (HDZ); cf. ​𣖇(​𥄂直).
    Compare: ​植 zhí ‘vertical wooden bar/prop; plant/flora’; ​值(​値) zhí ‘manage/hold (straight/straighten); encounter; value’.
    Compare: ​𥃭(​𦣼​​𦣹​自) zì ‘self’, ​𦣻(​𩠐​首) shǒu ‘head’; ​𦣻(​𦣻​百) bǎi ‘100’.
    Old graphs associated with 直 mark the component ​罒(​目) mù ‘eye’ with the old form of ​十 above, sometimes with a curved line ​𠃊 below (HDZ); cf. ​民.
    Compare: ​德(​悳​𢜖) dé ‘climb/ascend (by force of will); virtue/morality’; ​听/​聽 tīng ‘listen’; ​真(​眞) zhēn ‘true’.
    Compare: 直(​𥄂) zhí ← MC /ɖjik/; ​德(​悳​𢜖) dé ← MC /tək/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​道(​𨖁​𡬹) dào; ​県(​𥄉) xuán; ​𠧡(​𠧢​𦣽​𡵏​叀); ​眉(​睂).
    HDZ: 直 : zhí : (SW: ​正​見) ​正​见; ​不​弯​曲; ​正, ​合​平​正​义​的; ​竖 (ant. ​横; cf. ​植); ​端​正; ​伸, ​挺直; ​伸​雪 (​寃/​冤​狱); ​遇, ​碰​着 (cf. ​值); ​代​理; ​值​班, ​侍​卫; ​当, ​监; ​值, ​价​格; ​相​平, ​相​当; ​柄; ​曲​尺; (​量​词) (​一直, ​一​程); (​连​词) ​但​是, ​可​是; (​副​词) (​径直, 直​接; ​竟; ​仅, ​只​是, ​不​过; ​即​使; ​故​意, ​特​地); ​方​位; ​值: ​措​置; ​職: ​处​所; (​旧) (​简​称) 直​隶​省; (​姓)
    HDC: ​正​見 : (​佛​教) ​八​正​道​之​一, ​意​为​具​有​四​諦​理​的​见​解, ​亦​即​关​于​人​生​真​理​的​彻​底​领​悟; ​正​确​的​见​解
►references: Guǎngyùn:524.38; Karlgren:AD1220,GSR919a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.61.7; Mathews:1006; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:800.05; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:072.0.07; Wáng(1993):109; EDOC:1
►components: ​十​​​𥃭​一​十​目​​𠃊​且
►Cantonese: jihk-
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