질

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질 U+C9C8, 질
HANGUL SYLLABLE JIL
Composition:ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄹ
← 짇
 		Hangul Syllables 짉 →
See also: -질
지직짂짃진짅짆
짇질짉짊짋짌짍
짎짏짐집짒짓짔
징짖짗짘짙짚짛
즤 ←→ 짜

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jil
McCune–Reischauer?chil
Yale Romanization?cil

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 質 (“substance; quality”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 質)

  1. quality
    Coordinate term: 양(量) (yang, “quantity”)
    질이 나쁜 종이 ― jir-i nappeun jong'i ― bad-quality paper
    우리는 질 좋은 포도주를 마셨다. ― Uri-neun jil jo'eun podoju-reul masyeotda. ― We had some good-quality wine.
  2. nature, disposition
    뛰어나게 질이 좋은 학생 ― ttwieonage jir-i jo'eun haksaeng ― an exceptionally brilliant student
    그는 보기와는 달리 질이 나쁜 사람이다.
    Geu-neun bogi-wa-neun dalli jir-i nappeun saram-ida.
    Unlike his appearance, he is a bad person.
    어머니는 내가 질이 안 좋은 친구들과 어울리는 것을 싫어하셨다.
    Eomeoni-neun nae-ga jir-i an jo'eun chin'gu-deul-gwa eoullineun geos-eul sireo-hasyeotda.
    My mother didn't like me hanging around with a bad crowd.
  3. matter
    식물 질 ― singmul jil ― vegetable matter
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 膣 (“vagina”).

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 膣)

  1. (anatomy) vagina
    Synonym: (vulgar) 보지 (boji)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the main entries. Palatalization of /ki-/ is the norm in southern and eastern dialects.

Standard Korean 길 (gil, “breaking in”) was formed by hypercorrection in response to this. The original 질 (jil) form is therefore retained by dialects throughout Korea, including those which do not undergo palatalization.

Noun

질 • (jil)

  1. Hamgyong, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, and Gangwon form of 길 (gil, all definitions).
    근데 여기 소남기 저 앞에 가면 질가에 핵교가 있는데 (Gangwon, Goseong)
    geunde yeogi sonamgi jeo ap-e ga-myeon jilga'e haekgyo-ga inneunde
    But if you walk ahead of the pine tree over here, there is a school by the road
  2. Dialectal form of 길 (gil, “(of animals, tools) being broken in”).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 帙 (“folding case, wrapper”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 帙)

  1. folding case, wrapper (for books)
  2. Classifier for a set of books. volume
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Possibly from 질다 (jilda, “soft, watery”)

Noun

질 • (jil)

  1. potter's clay; unglazed clay
Derived terms
  • 질그릇 (jilgeureut, “pottery, earthenware”)

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 秩 (“official ranks; official salaries”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 秩)

  1. (historical) official ranks; official salaries
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Compare 질질 (jiljil, ideophonic root for spilling liquid).

Noun

질 • (jil)

  1. (ginseng-harvesters' cant) soy sauce
    Synonym: 간장 (ganjang)

Etymology 8

See the main entries.

Verb

질 • (jil)

  1. irrealis adnominal of 지다 (jida, all definitions): see 지다 (jida), 을 (-eul).
  2. irrealis adnominal of 질다 (jilda, “to be squishy”): see 질다 (jilda), 을 (-eul).

Etymology 9

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

질 (jil)

Extended content
  1. 質: quality
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
    (MC reading: 質 (MC trijH|tsyit))
  2. 疾: disease; quick
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
    (MC reading: 疾 (MC dzit))
  3. 秩: order, rank
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
    (MC reading: 秩 (MC drit))
  4. 姪:
    (MC reading: 姪 (MC drit|det))
  5. 迭:
    (MC reading: 迭 (MC det))
  6. 跌:
    (MC reading: 跌 (MC det))
  7. 窒:
    (MC reading: 窒 (MC trit|tet))
  8. 叱:
    (MC reading: 叱 (MC tsyhit))
  9. 嫉:
    (MC reading: 嫉 (MC dzijH|dzit))
  10. 帙:
    (MC reading: 帙 (MC drit))
  11. 佚:
    (MC reading: 佚 (MC yit))
  12. 桎:
    (MC reading: 桎 (MC tsyit))
  13. 膣:
    (MC reading: 膣 (MC trit|tet))
  14. 侄:
    (MC reading: 侄 (MC tsyit))
  15. 蛭:
    (MC reading: 蛭 (MC tsyit|trit|tet))
  16. 瓆:
    (MC reading: 瓆)
  17. 絰:
    (MC reading: 絰 (MC det))
  18. 軼:
    (MC reading: 軼 (MC yit|det))
  19. 躓:
    (MC reading: 躓 (MC trijH))
  20. 騭:
    (MC reading: 騭 (MC tsyit))
  21. 垤:
    (MC reading: 垤 (MC det))
  22. 郅:
    (MC reading: 郅 (MC tsyit))
  23. 鑕:
    (MC reading: 鑕 (MC tsyit))
  24. 蒺:
    (MC reading: 蒺 (MC dzit))
  25. 咥:
    (MC reading: 咥 (MC trhit|det|tet))
  26. 耋:
    (MC reading: 耋 (MC det))
  27. 晊:
    (MC reading: 晊 (MC tsyit))
  28. 抶:
    (MC reading: 抶 (MC trhit))
  29. 銍:
    (MC reading: 銍 (MC tsyit|trit))
  30. 袠:
    (MC reading: 袠 (MC drit))
  31. 瓞:
    (MC reading: 瓞 (MC det))
  32. 袟:
    (MC reading: 袟)
  33. 礩:
    (MC reading: 礩 (MC tsyijH|tsyit))
  34. 祑:
    (MC reading: 祑)
  35. 昳:
    (MC reading: 昳 (MC det))
  36. 翐:
    (MC reading: 翐 (MC drit))
  37. 挃:
    (MC reading: 挃 (MC trit))
  38. 妷:
    (MC reading: 妷 (MC drit))
  39. 峌:
    (MC reading: 峌)
  40. 恎:
    (MC reading: 恎 (MC det))
  41. 柣:
    (MC reading: 柣 (MC drit|tshet))
  42. 耊:
    (MC reading: 耊)
  43. 㗌:
    (MC reading: 㗌)
  44. 绖:
    (MC reading: 绖)
  45. 质:
    (MC reading: 质)
  46. 铚:
    (MC reading: 铚)
  47. 锧:
    (MC reading: 锧)
  48. 儨:
    (MC reading: 儨)
  49. 劕:
    (MC reading: 劕 (MC tsyit))
  50. 厔:
    (MC reading: 厔)
  51. 庢:
    (MC reading: 庢 (MC trit))
  52. 愱:
    (MC reading: 愱 (MC dzit))
  53. 戜:
    (MC reading: 戜 (MC det))
  54. 槉:
    (MC reading: 槉 (MC dzit))
  55. 櫍:
    (MC reading: 櫍 (MC tsyit))
  56. 洷:
    (MC reading: 洷)
  57. 潌:
    (MC reading: 潌)
  58. 眣:
    (MC reading: 眣 (MC trhit|traet|det))
  59. 眰:
    (MC reading: 眰)
  60. 秷:
    (MC reading: 秷 (MC trit))
  61. 紩:
    (MC reading: 紩 (MC drit))
  62. 胅:
    (MC reading: 胅 (MC det))
  63. 腟:
    (MC reading: 腟)
  64. 臷:
    (MC reading: 臷)
  65. 苵:
    (MC reading: 苵 (MC det))
  66. 螏:
    (MC reading: 螏)
  67. 螲:
    (MC reading: 螲 (MC trit))
  68. 詄:
    (MC reading: 詄 (MC det))
  69. 豑:
    (MC reading: 豑 (MC drit))
  70. 豒:
    (MC reading: 豒)
  71. 貭:
    (MC reading: 貭)
  72. 㑵:
    (MC reading: 㑵 (MC dzit))
  73. 㗧:
    (MC reading: 㗧 (MC trit|tet))
  74. 㘍:
    (MC reading: 㘍 (MC tsit))
  75. 㜱:
    (MC reading: 㜱)
  76. 㜼:
    (MC reading: 㜼)
  77. 㩫:
    (MC reading: 㩫)
  78. 㲳:
    (MC reading: 㲳 (MC trit))
  79. 㲺:
    (MC reading: 㲺 (MC tsit))
  80. 䏄:
    (MC reading: 䏄 (MC tejX))
  81. 䑇:
    (MC reading: 䑇 (MC tsyit))
  82. 䜠:
    (MC reading: 䜠)
  83. 䟈:
    (MC reading: 䟈)
  84. 䬹:
    (MC reading: 䬹)
  85. 䱃:
    (MC reading: 䱃)
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