質
質 — jil
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 바탕 질
- Romanization
- jil
- English
- matter, material, substance
- Mandarin
- zhì
- Japanese on'yomi
- シツ, シチ, チ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- たち ただ.す もと わりふ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #389 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 貝 (154, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+8CEA
How 質 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 質 as a ideographic compound involving 斦, 貝.
Korean example words with 質
- 강질鋼質 Korean gloss: 강철의 질
- 광질光質 Korean gloss: 빛의 파장
- 모질毛質 Korean gloss: 털의 품질
- 암질巖質 Korean gloss: 암석의 질
- 토질土質 Korean gloss: 흙의 성질
- 근질筋質 Korean gloss: 근육의 질감
- 내질內質 Korean gloss: 안의 본바탕
- 자질資質 Korean gloss: 타고난 체질
- 지질紙質 Korean gloss: 종이의 품질
- 천질天質 Korean gloss: 타고난 성질
- 경질硬質 Korean gloss: 단단하고 굳은 성질
- 양질良質 Korean gloss: 좋은 바탕이나 품질
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 質
- 質問しつもん question; inquiry; enquiry
- 物質ぶっしつ material; substance; matter
- 実質じっしつ substance; essence; substantive
- 質しつ quality; value; nature
- 体質たいしつ constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease)
- 実質的じっしつてき substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
- 質疑しつぎ question; interpellation
- 本質ほんしつ essence; true nature; substance
- 人質ひとじち hostage
- 品質ひんしつ quality (of a product or a service)
- 水質すいしつ water quality
- 悪質あくしつ malicious; vicious; malignant
Characters sharing the phonetic 質
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “질”
Other hanja with radical 貝
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences