質

See also: 貭 and 质

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 斦 + 貝

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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Chinese

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trad.		質
simp.		质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat¹
    • Yale: jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsit
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (質, reconstructed)
Character (質), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 知 (9) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 陟利切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈiɪH/	/ȶiH/	/ȶiH/	/ʈiH/	/ʈiH/	/ȶiH/	/ȶjɪH/
Character (質), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 質 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 之日切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕiɪt̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/	/t͡ɕiĕt̚/	/t͡ɕit̚/	/cit̚/	/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/	/t͡ɕjet̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (質, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
質					17397					質					至					1					致					/*tids/
質					17401					質					質					1					質					/*tjid/					金文本從折聲

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Japanese

Kanji

質

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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