Word and Radical Components of 直尺

The Chinese word 直尺 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
直尺	zhíchǐ	1. n. (straight) ruler (measuring or drawing device)

直尺 ⇨ 直 + 尺

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
直	zhí	1. straight; linear; undeviating
		直線 - straight line
		(ant, zh, 彎, 彎曲), (Cantonese) 攣
		2. to straighten
		3. vertical; upright; erect
		4. honest; fair
		5. straightforward; forthright; frank
		6. directly; straight
		直去 - to go directly to
		7. intentionally; deliberately
		Synonyms: 只
		8. (Chinese calligraphy) vertical stroke in Chinese characters
		9. constantly
		10. (slang) straight; heterosexual
		直男 - heterosexual man
		(ant, zh, 彎), (Cantonese) 攣
		11. (historical) Short for 直隸, Zhili
		直系軍閥 - the Zhili faction (of the Beiyang warlords)
尺	chǐ, chí	1. chi; Chinese foot (a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm and equal to 10 cun (丈*))
		2. (Mainland) mainland chi; Chinese foot, standardized in 1984 as meter
		3. (Taiwan) Taiwanese foot, standardized as meter and identical to the Japanese shaku
		4. (Hong Kong) chek; Hong Kong foot, standardized as 0.371475 meters
		5. (informal) imperial foot
		Synonyms: 英尺, 呎
		6. ruler (straightedge)
		7. tape measure
	chě	8. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note re (2).
		9. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note re (2).