質 — Chinese character
質
zhì
essence, nature; material, substance
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 斦 貝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — shell; meaning component 貝; sound component 斦
- Simplified
- 质
- Japanese
- 質 as a kanji
質 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 8 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 12 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Analects 6.16
- Analects 12.8
- Analects 12.20
- Analects 15.17
- Mencius 3B.3
- Mencius 5B.7
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
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