直径 zhíjìng▶ diameter

Stroke order

直径 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 直 — 8 strokes
• 径 — 8 strokes

Related words

• 垂直vertikal
• 田径Atletik
• 直播siaran langsung
• 途径saluran
• 理直气壮berani karena benar
• 直lurus

直径 is pronounced zhíjìng and means “diameter”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 直径 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.