质 — Chinese character
质
zhì
essence, nature; material, substance
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 厂 十 贝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — shell; meaning component 贝; sound component 十
- Traditional
- 質
Common words with 质
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
| 本质 (本質) | běn zhì | essence; nature |
| 素质 (素質) | sù zhì | inner quality; basic essence |
| 品质 (品質) | pǐn zhì | character; intrinsic quality (of a person) |
| 质疑 (質疑) | zhì yí | to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of) |
| 优质 (優質) | yōu zhì | excellent quality |
| 地质 (地質) | dì zhì | geology |
| 实质 (實質) | shí zhì | substance; essence |
| 气质 (氣質) | qì zhì | personality traits; temperament; disposition; aura; air; feel; vibe |
| 人质 (人質) | rén zhì | hostage |
English words written with 质
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.