直径
Old HSK 6
直径 (zhíjìng) · diameter
直径 (zhíjìng) means “diameter”. It is written with 2 characters: 直 (straight) + 径 (path). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 直径 is built
The characters
直 zhí · straight
What 直 is made of
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: To look someone in the eye 目 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
径 jìng · path
What 径 is made of
- 彳chì — to step with the left foot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Example sentences
这个圆的直径是十厘米。Zhège yuán de zhíjìng shì shí límǐ.The diameter of this circle is ten centimetres.
请量一下这个盘子的直径。Qǐng liáng yíxià zhège pánzi de zhíjìng.Please measure the diameter of this plate.
Questions about 直径
What does 直径 mean?
直径 (zhíjìng) means “diameter”.
How do you pronounce 直径?
直径 is pronounced zhíjìng.
Which HSK level is 直径?
直径 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 一直yīzhístraight
- 直接zhíjiēdirectly
- 简直jiǎnzhísimply
- 直播zhíbōlive broadcast
- 直到zhídàountil
- 垂直chuízhívertical
- 理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàngconfident in being right
- 直zhístraight
- 田径tiánjìngtrack and field
- 途径tújìngway
Learn 直径 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 236: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.