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質

substance
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingシツ、シチ、チ
Kun readingたち、ただ.す、もと、わりふ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. substanceRtK
    彼が今夜食べた夕食はあの夕食よりも質が劣っていた。The dinner he ate this evening was inferior in quality to that dinner.tatoeba
    大切なのは量でなく質だ。It is quality, not quantity that counts.tatoeba
  2. quality
  3. matter
  4. temperament
  1. value
  2. nature
  3. inherent quality
  4. character

Popular Usage

質問性質素質気質

Radicals and components

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How it's built
質
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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axe (斤) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1219

Compound words

質問しつもん
question; inquiry; enquiry
性質せいしつ
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; character; quality
素質そしつ
makings (of); aptitude; talent; qualities; nature
質問するしつもんする
to question
気質きしつ
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit
悪質あくしつ
malicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded; shoddy
異質いしつ
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
音質おんしつ
tone quality; sound quality
均質きんしつ
homogeneous; homogeneity
言質げんち
commitment; pledge; promise
硬質こうしつ
hardness; stiffness
材質ざいしつ
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
資質ししつ
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes
質屋しちや
pawnshop
質疑しつぎ
question; interpellation
質素しっそ
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
質的しつてき
qualitative
質量しつりょう
mass; quality and quantity
実質じっしつ
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; essential
人質ひとじち
hostage
体質たいしつ
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); disposition; tendency
地質ちしつ
geological features
糖質とうしつ
sugariness; saccharinity; carbohydrate; schizophrenia
特質とくしつ
characteristic; feature; special quality

On Reading Examples

質の良いサービスが求められている。しつのよい
Services of better quality are in demand.tatoeba
質より量の方がむしろ重要である。しつ
Quantity rather than quality is important.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女にうるさく質問して困らせた。
He bothered her with questions.tatoeba
彼は彼女にいくつか質問をしました。
He asked her some questions.tatoeba
彼は答えにくい質問をした。
He asked an awkward question.tatoeba
彼は多くの人に同じ質問をした。
He asked the same question of many people.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 質

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