質

See also 貭, and 质

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 斦 (“two catty”) + 貝 (“shellfish”)

Han character

質 (radical 154 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹中月山金 (HLBUC), four-corner 7280₆, composition ⿱斦貝)

1. matter, material, substance

References

• KangXi: page 1210, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1676, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3648, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8CEA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

質 (simplified 质, Yale jat1)

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Japanese

Kanji

質 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. content
2. characteristic
3. natural appearance
4. confirm
5. mortage

Readings

• Go'on: しち (shichi), ち (chi)
• Kan'on: しつ (shitsu), ち (chi)
• Kun: もと (moto), しろ (shiro), たち (tachi), ただす (tadasu)
• Nanori: かた (kata), さだ (sada), さだむ (sadamu), すなお (sunao), ただ (tada), ただし (tadashi), ただす (tadasu), み (mi), もと (moto)

Alternative forms

• 貭 (variant)

Compounds

質疑 質実 質性

質素 質朴 質問

質量 原形質 - protoplasm

References

• Shift JIS: 8E8F
• JIS: 3C41

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Korean

Hanja

質 (hangeul 질, 지, revised jil, ji, McCune-Reischauer chil, chi, Yale cil, ci)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

質 (simplified 质, pinyin zhí (zhi2), Wade-Giles chih²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

質 (chất, chát, chắc, chặt, chắt, chớt)