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質
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
质
🇨🇳

quality

HSK 10 N3
Society →Economy
zhì
シツ、シチ、チ
たち、ただ.す、もと、わりふ
질, 지
Phonosemantic compound. 斦 represents the sound and 貝 represents the meaning.
Components
Traditional (質)
斦 chopping block (iii)+ 貝 shellfish =
質 quality
斦 Phonetic component
chopping block (iii)
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貝 Meaning component
shellfish
In ancient China shells were used as currency.
Simplified (质)
斤 catty+ 贝 sea shell =
质 nature, substance
斤 Simplified component
jīn catty
a catty (approximately 500 g)
Shorthand for the phonetic 斦 component in the traditional character 質.
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
In ancient China shells were used as currency.
Notes
Similar Characters
寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)貨 commodities (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
質
Regular
Modern
Chinese
质 / 質 [zhì]
character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhí]
Japanese
質 たち 、 タチ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana nature (of a person); disposition; temperament
  2. usually kana nature (of something); character; kind; sort
質 しち 同音

noun

  1. pawn; pawned article
  2. pledge; security; guarantee
質 しつ 同音

noun

  1. quality; value
  2. nature; inherent quality; character
  3. logical quality
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
彼は他人につらくあたることができないたちだ。
It is not in his nature to be hard on other people.
お茶の質は下がりつつある。
The quality of tea is going down.
Japanese Names
質 ただし
Tadashi given name
CHINESE WORDS (199)
质量 [zhì​liàng] #5,076
quality
物质 [wù​zhì] #2,851
matter
人质 [rén​zhì] #2,396
hostage
质疑 [zhì​yí] #4,106
to call into question
素质 [sù​zhì] #12,280
inner quality
品质 [pǐn​zhì] #7,488
character
本质 [běn​zhì] #5,644
essence
性质 [xìng​zhì] #9,190
nature
气质 [qì​zhì] #7,464
temperament
优质 [yōu​zhì] #17,329
excellent quality
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 質問 [しつもん] #863
question
⭐ 性質 [せいしつ] #2,847
nature (of a person)
⭐ 人質 [ひとじち] #4,039
hostage
⭐ 本質 [ほんしつ] #5,041
essence
⭐ 物質 [ぶっしつ] #5,630
material
⭐ 質問をする [しつもんをする] #6,172
to ask a question
⭐ 体質 [たいしつ] #6,671
constitution (physical)
⭐ 糺す [ただす] #6,759
to ascertain
質す [ただす] #6,759
to ask (about)
質問に答える [しつもんにこたえる] #6,963
to answer a question
190 more items
KOREAN WORDS (49)
질문 #1,868
question
물질 #8,344
material; substance
성질 #10,569
character; personality
전해질 #17,131
electrolyte
소질 #25,807
talent; aptitude
인질 #28,389
hostage
단백질 #29,766
protein
각질
dead skin cells; keratin; horny substance
고품질
high quality
구질
ball action; ball flight
39 more items