The kanji 質: meaning, readings and stroke order
質
- Meaning
- quality, ask
- On reading
- シツ shitsu、シチ shichi、チ* chi
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 貝 shell
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chất, hỏi (chất)
- Japanese
- もとの なかみ。たずねる。
- Korean
- 바탕, 묻다 (질)
- Chinese
- 性质、询问 (质)
Readings, words and example sentences
シツ shitsu · on reading
質問
question
わからない ところを 先生に 質問します。
I ask my teacher about the parts I don't understand.
シチ shichi · on reading · less common
質屋
pawnshop
むかしの 質屋に ついて 調べます。
I look up facts about pawnshops of the past.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.