直接

ちょくせつ

directly

Mnemonic

Look at him straight and put the thing in his hand yourself. The same choc ちょく as 直後, and set せつ it down. Not through his secretary and not in an email: ちょくせつ.

Built from

直

straight, fix

目 an eye with a line running straight down out of it. Looking at a thing dead on.

接

contact, join

扌 a hand on the left reaching out until it touches. The point where two things meet and stay met.

Words sharing these kanji

正直 honest, upright 素直 honest, straightforward 直す to repair, to cure, to alter 直後 immediately after 真っ直ぐ straight ahead, straightforward

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