質

質 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹中月山金 (HLBUC), four-corner 7280₆, composition ⿱斦貝)

• 儨, 𠘖, 𡂒(𫪪), 𡒻, 㜱, 𡦫, 懫, 㩫, 𤁩, 䑇, 櫍(𬃊), 𤢽, 瓆, 𪮽, 礩, 𬘋, 𧓳, 𬽟, 䜠, 𧸲, 躓(踬), 𨏑, 𨐿, 鑕(锧), 𩍵, 𩧄, 𩽄, 劕, 𨟊(𫟬)

• 质 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1210, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1676, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3648, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8CEA

Historical forms of the character 質
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 斦 + 貝. Zhu Junsheng also interpret this as a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) , where he regards 斦 as an original form of 櫍 (OC *tjid).

質

1. matter; material; substance
2. nature; intrinsic quality; essence
3. quality
4. (Cantonese, literary, or in compounds) to query; to ask about
5. (literary, or in compounds) simple; plain
6. Alternative form of 櫍／𬃊 (zhì)

• (matter): 物質／物质 (wùzhì)
• (nature):

• (quality):

• (to query):

• (simple):

質

1. to pawn
2. collateral; security; object or person given as a pledge

   人質／人质  ―  rénzhì  ―  hostage

3. Alternative form of 贄／贽 (zhì, “gifts to superiors”)
4. a surname: Zhi

質

1. (Cantonese) to stuff; to shove

• 扤, 塞

• 密質質／密质质 (mat⁶ zat¹ zat¹), 屈質／屈质 (wat¹ zat¹)

• “質”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03970

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. content
2. characteristic
3. natural appearance
4. confirm
5. mortgage
6. (financial, archaic, rare) seven

• Go-on: しち (shichi, Jōyō)、ち (chi, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu, Jōyō)、ち (chi, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: もと (moto, 質)、たち (tachi, 質)、ただす (tadasu, 質す)、しろ (shiro)
• Nanori: かた (kata)、さだ (sada)、さだむ (sadamu)、すなお (sunao)、ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、ただす (tadasu)、み (mi)、もと (moto)

• 貭 (variant)

• (Tokyo) しつ (Heiban – )^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key):

質(しつ) • (shitsu) 

1. quality

• (Tokyo) しち (Odaka – )^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key):

質(しち) • (shichi) 

1. pawn

From Middle Chinese 質 (MC tsyit).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

質

Wikisource

質 (eumhun 바탕 질 (batang jil))

1. hanja form^? of 질 (“matter”)
2. hanja form^? of 질 (“nature; disposition”)
3. hanja form^? of 질 (“quality”)

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading influenced by Middle Chinese 質 (MC tsyit). The original reading is 지 (ji) based on Middle Chinese 質 (MC trijH, “hostage”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

質 (eumhun 볼모 질 (bolmo jil))

1. hanja form^? of 질 (“hostage”)

Related to Middle Chinese 贄 (MC tsyijH).

質 (eumhun 폐백(幣帛) 지)

1. Alternative form of 贄 (“hanja form^? of 지 (“gift”)”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

質: Hán Nôm readings: chất, chát, chắc, chặt, chắt, chớt

1. question, investigate
2. mortgage
3. manner, essence