Japanese Word Entry
直言| Kana: | ちょくげん |
| Romaji: | chokugen |
| Definition: | straight talk, plain speaking, speaking frankly |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 直 | straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair, straight, erect, vertical |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓˊ (zhí) |
| Cantonese: | zik6 |
| Japanese: | チョク (choku)、 ジキ (jiki)、 ジカ (jika) / ただ.ちに (tadachini)、 なお.す (naosu)、 -なお.す (-naosu)、 なお.る (naoru)、 なお.き (naoki)、 す.ぐ (sugu)、 なおい (naoi) |
| Korean: | 직 (jig) |
| Vietnamese: | trực |
| 言 | say, word, words, speech, speak, Kangxi radical 149 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄢˊ (yán), ㄧㄢˋ (yàn), ㄧㄣˊ (yín) |
| Cantonese: | jin4 |
| Japanese: | ゲン (gen)、 ゴン (gon)、 ギン (gin) / い.う (iu)、 こと (koto)、 ことば (kotoba) |
| Korean: | 언 (eon) |
| Vietnamese: | ngôn, ngân |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 訁 |
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