質 — substance, quality, matter

しつ質 substance

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+8CEA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #389 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1219 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

substance
quality
matter
temperament

word

しつ shitsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

質(しつ) shitsu quality 質(しつ) 問(もん) shitsumon question 物(ぶっ) 質(しつ) busshitsu substance 本(ほん) 質(しつ) honshitsu essence 品(ひん) 質(しつ) hinshitsu quality 実(じっ) 質(しつ) jisshitsu substance 性(せい) 質(しつ) seishitsu nature 体(たい) 質(しつ) taishitsu constitution

しち・じち shichi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

人(ひと) 質(じち) hitojichi hostage

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

きん斤 axe #69

かい貝 shellfish #154

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#154 貝 shell

質 — substance, quality, matter

Meanings

word

しつ shitsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しち・じち shichi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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質 — substance, quality, matter

Meanings

word

しつ shitsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しち ・じち shichi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

しち・じち shichi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).