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質
質
Translingual
Han character
質 (radical 154 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹中月山金 (HLBUC), four-corner 72806, composition ⿱斦貝)
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
Chinese
| trad. | 質 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 质 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (質) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 質 | *tids, *tjid |
| 躓 | *tids |
| 懫 | *tids, *tjid |
| 礩 | *tjids, *tjid |
| 櫍 | *tjid |
| 劕 | *tjid |
| 鑕 | *tjid |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 斦 (“two catty”) + 貝 (“shellfish”).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
- Wade-Giles: chih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
- Wade-Giles: chih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zat1
- Yale: jāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzat7
- IPA (key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳt
- Hakka Romanization System: ziid`
- Hagfa Pinyim: zid5
- IPA: /t͡sɨt̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
- Tâi-lô: tsit
- Phofsit Daibuun: cid
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziêh4 / zioh4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsieh / tsioh
- IPA (key): /t͡sieʔ²/, /t͡sioʔ²/
- Note: ziêh4 - Chaozhou; zioh4 - Shantou.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tseq (T4)
- IPA (key): /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 質 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /tʃz̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sz̩²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sz̩³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sz̩²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂəʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡səʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡səʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡səʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡səʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡sai²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕiʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕi⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɨʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sət̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /tʃït̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sɐt̚⁵/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sɐt̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sɐt̚⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /t͡sit̚³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡sɛiʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡si²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sioʔ²/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /t͡sit̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 質 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之日切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cit̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 質 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 17401 |
| Phonetic component |
質 |
| Rime group |
質 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
質 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tjid/ |
| Notes | 金文本從折聲 |
Definitions
質
Compounds
Derived terms from 質
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
- Wade-Giles: chih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zi3
- Yale: ji
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi3
- IPA (key): /t͡siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳt / chṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: ziid` / zii
- Hagfa Pinyim: zid5 / zi4
- IPA: /t͡sɨt̚²/, /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì / chit
- Tâi-lô: tsì / tsit
- Phofsit Daibuun: cix, cid
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi²¹/, /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/, /t͡ɕit̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi²¹/, /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi¹¹/, /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi²¹/, /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- Note: chì - Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou; chit - Taiwan, Xiamen, Quanzhou.
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 質 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 陟利切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈˠiɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈᵚiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶiɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈjiH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶjiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhì |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 質 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 17397 |
| Phonetic component |
質 |
| Rime group |
至 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
致 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tids/ |
Definitions
質
Compounds
Derived terms from 質
Japanese
Kanji
質
- content
- characteristic
- natural appearance
- confirm
- 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
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References
Noun
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 質 |
|
しつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi |
質 (hiragana しつ, romaji shitsu)