質 — kanji meaning “substance”
質
substance, quality, matter, temperament
- Meanings
- substance, quality, matter, temperament
- On'yomi
- シツ (shitsu)、シチ (shichi)、チ (chi)
- Kun'yomi
- たち、ただ.す、もと、わりふ
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #389 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 154
- Chinese reading
- zhí, zhì — Chinese character page
Words with 質
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 質問 | しつもん shitsumon | question; inquiry; enquiry |
| 物質 | ぶっしつ busshitsu | material; substance |
| 体質 | たいしつ taishitsu | constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease) |
| 本質 | ほんしつ honshitsu | essence; true nature; substance |
| 品質 | ひんしつ hinshitsu | quality (of a product or a service) |
| 性質 | せいしつ seishitsu | nature (of a person); disposition; temperament |
| 人質 | ひとじち hitojichi | hostage |
| 悪質 | あくしつ akushitsu | malicious; vicious; malignant |
| 実質 | じっしつ jisshitsu | substance; essence |
| 質量 | しつりょう shitsuryou | mass |
| 気質 | きしつ kishitsu | disposition; temperament; nature |
| 素質 | そしつ soshitsu | makings (of); aptitude; talent |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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