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Mythic Mandarin

直接 (zhí jiē): meaning and stroke order

直接 (zhí jiē) means direct (opposite: indirect 间接), immediate, straightforward.

直接

Simplified
直接
Traditional
直接 (same form)
Pinyin
zhí jiē

Stroke order of 直接

直

  • Zhí surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  • zhí straight; to straighten
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

接

  • jiē to receive; to answer (the phone)
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 直接

  1. zhí jiē
    • direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1])
    • immediate
    • straightforward

Radicals of the characters

直
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 8 strokes · built from 𠃊 and 𥃭
接
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 11 strokes · 扌 on the left, 妾 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

直接 in our stories

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  • 她问：“现在大家鞋子坏了都直接扔，您是不是觉得很失落？”

    tā wèn xiànzài dàjiā xiézi huài le dōu zhíjiē rēng nín shì bu shì juéde hěn shīluò

    She asked, "These days people just throw broken shoes away. Don't you feel down about it?"

    From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6

Stories using 直接

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).