질

Korean

Etymology 1

지직짂짃진짅짆 짇질짉짊짋짌짍 짎짏짐집짒짓짔 징짖짗짘짙짚짛
즤 ←	→ 짜

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 질 • (jil)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ, ㅣ, and ㄹ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 質 (“substance; quality”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 質)

1. quality

   품질 (品質, pumjil, “quality”)

2. nature, disposition

See also

• 양 (量, yang, “quantity”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 膣 (“vagina”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 膣)

1. (deprecated template usage) (anatomy) vagina

Etymology 4

Possibly from 짓— (jit-, “to make, to build”) / 지— (ji-, “to become, to grow, to form”) + —ㄹ (-l, prospective suffix). Compare 짓 (jit, “act, deed”).

Suffix

—질 • (-jil)

1. A depreciative noun-forming suffix attached to nouns.

   선생질 (先生—, seonsaengjil, “(depreciative) being a teacher”), 첩질 (妾—, cheopjil, “concubinage”), 손가락질 (son-garakjil, “pointing fingers”), 서방질 (書房—, seobangjil, “cuckolding”)

2. A nominalisation suffix attached to verbs and adjectives. The act of doing ...

   톱질 (topjil, “sawing”), 망치질 (mangchijil, “hammering”), 대패질 (daepaejil, “planing”), 부채질 (buchaejil, “fanning”), 바느질 (baneujil, “sewing”)

Etymology 5

Noun

질 • (jil)

1. Dialectal form of 길 (gil, “domestication, tameness”).

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 帙 (“folding case, wrapper”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 帙)

1. folding case, wrapper (for books)
2. Classifier for a set of books. volume

Etymology 7

Verb form

질 • (jil)

1. Combined form of suffix —지 (-ji, “-ji”) with —ㄹ (-l, prospective suffix).

Etymology 8

Possibly from 질다 (jilda, “soft, watery”)

Noun

질 • (jil)

1. potter's clay; unglazed clay

Derived terms

• 기와 (giwa, “roofing tile”)
• 질그릇 (jilgeureut, “pottery, earthenware”)

Etymology 9

Sino-Korean word from 秩 (“official ranks; official salaries”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 秩)

1. (deprecated template usage) (historical) official ranks; official salaries

Etymology 10

Noun

질 • (jil)

1. A synonym of 간장 (—醬, ganjang, “soy sauce”) in the secret language of the ginseng diggers.

Etymology 11

Noun

질 • (jil)

1. Jeju dialect for 기지개 (gijigae, “a stretch; streching one's back”).

Etymology 12

Verb form

질 • (jil)

1. Stem of 질다 (jilda, “soft, slushy”).

Etymology 13

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

질 (jil)

1. 質: quality

   (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
   (MC reading: 質 (MC trijH|tsyit))

2. 疾: disease; quick

   (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
   (MC reading: 疾 (MC dzit))

3. 秩: order, rank

   (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
   (MC reading: 秩 (MC drit))

4. 姪:

   (MC reading: 姪 (MC drit|det))

5. 迭:

   (MC reading: 迭 (MC det))

6. 跌:

   (MC reading: 跌 (MC det))

7. 窒:

   (MC reading: 窒 (MC trit|tet))

8. 叱:

   (MC reading: 叱 (MC tsyhit))

9. 嫉:

   (MC reading: 嫉 (MC dzijH|dzit))

10. 帙:

    (MC reading: 帙 (MC drit))

11. 佚:

    (MC reading: 佚 (MC yit))

12. 桎:

    (MC reading: 桎 (MC tsyit))

13. 膣:

    (MC reading: 膣 (MC trit|tet))

14. 侄:

    (MC reading: 侄 (MC tsyit))

15. 蛭:

    (MC reading: 蛭 (MC tsyit|trit|tet))

16. 瓆:

    (MC reading: 瓆)

17. 絰:

    (MC reading: 絰 (MC det))

18. 軼:

    (MC reading: 軼 (MC yit|det))

19. 躓:

    (MC reading: 躓 (MC trijH))

20. 騭:

    (MC reading: 騭 (MC tsyit))

21. 垤:

    (MC reading: 垤 (MC det))

22. 郅:

    (MC reading: 郅 (MC tsyit))

23. 鑕:

    (MC reading: 鑕 (MC tsyit))

24. 蒺:

    (MC reading: 蒺 (MC dzit))

25. 咥:

    (MC reading: 咥 (MC trhit|det|tet))

26. 耋:

    (MC reading: 耋 (MC det))

27. 晊:

    (MC reading: 晊 (MC tsyit))

28. 抶:

    (MC reading: 抶 (MC trhit))

29. 銍:

    (MC reading: 銍 (MC tsyit|trit))

30. 袠:

    (MC reading: 袠 (MC drit))

31. 瓞:

    (MC reading: 瓞 (MC det))

32. 袟:

    (MC reading: 袟)

33. 礩:

    (MC reading: 礩 (MC tsyijH|tsyit))

34. 祑:

    (MC reading: 祑)

35. 昳:

    (MC reading: 昳 (MC det))

36. 翐:

    (MC reading: 翐 (MC drit))

37. 挃:

    (MC reading: 挃 (MC trit))

38. 妷:

    (MC reading: 妷 (MC drit))

39. 峌:

    (MC reading: 峌)

40. 恎:

    (MC reading: 恎 (MC det))

41. 柣:

    (MC reading: 柣 (MC drit|tshet))

42. 耊:

    (MC reading: 耊)

43. 㗌:

    (MC reading: 㗌)

44. 绖:

    (MC reading: 绖)

45. 质:

    (MC reading: 质)

46. 铚:

    (MC reading: 铚)

47. 锧:

    (MC reading: 锧)

48. 儨:

    (MC reading: 儨)

49. 劕:

    (MC reading: 劕 (MC tsyit))

50. 厔:

    (MC reading: 厔)

51. 庢:

    (MC reading: 庢 (MC trit))

52. 愱:

    (MC reading: 愱 (MC dzit))

53. 戜:

    (MC reading: 戜 (MC det))

54. 槉:

    (MC reading: 槉 (MC dzit))

55. 櫍:

    (MC reading: 櫍 (MC tsyit))

56. 洷:

    (MC reading: 洷)

57. 潌:

    (MC reading: 潌)

58. 眣:

    (MC reading: 眣 (MC trhit|traet|det))

59. 眰:

    (MC reading: 眰)

60. 秷:

    (MC reading: 秷 (MC trit))

61. 紩:

    (MC reading: 紩 (MC drit))

62. 胅:

    (MC reading: 胅 (MC det))

63. 腟:

    (MC reading: 腟)

64. 臷:

    (MC reading: 臷)

65. 苵:

    (MC reading: 苵 (MC det))

66. 螏:

    (MC reading: 螏)

67. 螲:

    (MC reading: 螲 (MC trit))

68. 詄:

    (MC reading: 詄 (MC det))

69. 豑:

    (MC reading: 豑 (MC drit))

70. 豒:

    (MC reading: 豒)

71. 貭:

    (MC reading: 貭)

72. 㑵:

    (MC reading: 㑵 (MC dzit))

73. 㗧:

    (MC reading: 㗧 (MC trit|tet))

74. 㘍:

    (MC reading: 㘍 (MC tsit))

75. 㜱:

    (MC reading: 㜱)

76. 㜼:

    (MC reading: 㜼)

77. 㩫:

    (MC reading: 㩫)

78. 㲳:

    (MC reading: 㲳 (MC trit))

79. 㲺:

    (MC reading: 㲺 (MC tsit))

80. 䏄:

    (MC reading: 䏄 (MC tejX))

81. 䑇:

    (MC reading: 䑇 (MC tsyit))

82. 䜠:

    (MC reading: 䜠)

83. 䟈:

    (MC reading: 䟈)

84. 䬹:

    (MC reading: 䬹)

85. 䱃:

    (MC reading: 䱃)