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: 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

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

質

1. matter; material; substance
2. quality
3. (Cantonese) to question
4. Alternative form of 櫍／𬃊 (zhì).

質

1. to pawn
2. hostage

   人質／人质  ―  rénzhì  ―  hostage

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

質

1. (Cantonese) to stuff

• 密質質／密质质 (mat⁶ zat¹ 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

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. content
2. characteristic
3. natural appearance
4. confirm
5. mortgage

• 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 [shìtsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɕit͡sɨᵝ]

質(しつ) • (shitsu) 

1. quality

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

質(しち) • (shichi) 

1. pawn

From Middle Chinese 質 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [질]

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 t͡ɕiɪt̚). The original reading is 지 (ji) based on Middle Chinese 質 (MC ʈˠiɪH, “hostage”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [질]

質 (eumhun 볼모 질 (bolmo jil))

1. Hanja form^? of 질 (“hostage”).

Related to Middle Chinese 贄 (MC t͡ɕiɪH).

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

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