Today’s #kanji is #直, which is listed under its semantic element of 目. It used to be written differently and its phonetic element is a character similar to 丨, though 直 and 丨 do not share a sound.
Meaning: to rectify, to straighten, immediate
Reading: チョク（チョッ）、ジキ、ただ、なお、じか*、す*
直角（チョッカク）: [noun] a right angle
直接（チョクセツ）の: direct, immediate
直線（チョクセン）: [noun] a straight line
当直（トウチョク）: [noun] being on (night) duty
直（ジキ）に: [adv] immediately, directly, instantly
正直（ショウジキ）: [なadj] honest, upright, square, frank
直（ただ）ちに; [adv] at once, immediately, instantly
直（なお）す: [vt] to mend, to repair, to correct, to rectify, to change (its intransitive counterpart is 直（なお）る)
[readings not in the list of common use]
直火（じかび）: [noun] an open fire, a naked flame
直（じか）に: [adv] direct, directly, at first hand
真（ま）っ直（す）ぐ: [なadj/noun] straight, direct, upright
直（す）ぐ: [adv] at once, immediately, directly
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