A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N4 · 15 strokes

Substance ; Quality ; Matter ; Temperament

Readings on: シツ・シチ・チ
Kun readings: たち・ただ.す・もと・わりふ

質しつ — quality

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 質問しつもん — request; question; request Word card → Source
• 物質ぶっしつ — substance Word card → Source
• 質量しつりょう — mass Source
• 品質ひんしつ — quality Source
• 異質いしつ — heterogeneous Source
• 気質きしつ — temperament Source