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質

JLPT N4 SL5 15 strokes Frequency: #389

Meanings

Substance, Quality, Matter, Temperament

Radicals

貝

Decomposition

⿱斦貝

Etymology

Pictophonetic: shell

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 diagonal right-to-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 horizontal right-to-left

8 vertical right-to-left

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal left-to-right

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

13 horizontal bottom-to-top

14 diagonal bottom-to-top

15 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チ chi

シツ shitsu

シチ shichi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もと moto

たち tachi

わりふ warifu

ただ tada

Words Using This Kanji

472 words total

Other (20 words)

角質かくしつ

keratin

炭質たんしつ

coal quality

軟質なんしつ

softness

雪質ゆきしつ

snow quality

質に入れるしちにいれる

to pawn

答えにくい質問こたえにくいしつもん

awkward (difficult) question

質草を流すしちぐさをながす

to forfeit a pawned article

質問攻めしつもんぜめ

barrage of questions

質問に答えるしつもんにこたえる

to answer a question

品質を落とすひんしつをおとす

to lower the quality

優性形質ゆうせいけいしつ

dominant character

量より質りょうよりしつ

quality over quantity

汚染物質おせんぶっしつ

pollutant

化学物質かがくぶっしつ

chemical substance

関連質問かんれんしつもん

follow-up question

筋肉質きんにくしつ

muscular

高分子物質こうぶんしぶっしつ

(high) polymer

質量数しつりょうすう

mass number

実質賃金じっしつちんぎん

real wages

音質おんしつ

tone quality

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