真具 其直

直 zhi2 is a ray of light coming straight out of one's eye目mu4 as the idea of STRAIGHT DIRECT UPRIGHT

真 zhen1 in some fonts the character for zhen1 sits in an upright l. 真zhen1 is a ray of light coming straight out of one's eye目mu4  TRUE REALLY
the two dots beneath are hands i don't think they were there in the oracle bone script; that evokes other characters namely 具 and 其 I recommend learning them as a group 
 
ju4具TOOL two hands beneath a dustpan, a pannier. 
 
其qi2 is also a pannier but no longer used as such and instead is a character used for its sound and means HIS HER ITS IT

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