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質
Meaning:

In Japanese,質 means “quality”.
How to read it:
Kunyomi | Not often used |
Onyomi | しつ |
How to write it:

Origin:

You can see two people exchanging things.
The original meaning of 質 is “mortgage”.
Only something whose quality is good can be used for mortgage, right?
So 質 stands for “quality”.

Development:

Vocabulary:
Level | Word | Reading | Meaning |
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Basic | 質問 | しつもん | question |
Inter | 物質 | ぶっしつ | material |
Inter | 性質 | せいしつ | nature |
Inter | 本質 | ほんしつ | essence |
Inter | 実質 | じっしつ | substance |
Inter | 体質 | たいしつ | constitution |
Inter | 品質 | ひんしつ | quality |
Adv | 資質 | ししつ | qualities |
Adv | 異質 | いしつ | alien |
Adv | 特質 | とくしつ | quality |
Adv | 人質 | ひとじち | hostage |
Adv | 良質 | りょうしつ | good quality |
Adv | 質的 | しつてき | qualitative |
Adv | 悪質 | あくしつ | malicious |
Adv | 変質 | へんしつ | alteration |
Adv | 素質 | そしつ | quality |
Adv | 質素 | しっそ | frugality |
H_Adv | 材質 | ざいしつ | material |
H_Adv | 同質 | どうしつ | same quality |
H_Adv | 上質 | じょうしつ | high quality |
H_Adv | 質量 | しつりょう | mass |
H_Adv | 画質 | がしつ | image quality |
H_Adv | 質疑 | しつぎ | question |
H_Adv | 形質 | けいしつ | trait |
H_Adv | 質屋 | しちや | pawnshop |
S_Adv | 均質 | きんしつ | homogeneous |
S_Adv | 地質 | ちしつ | geology |
S_Adv | 皮質 | ひしつ | cortex |
S_Adv | 音質 | おんしつ | sound quality |
S_Adv | 脂質 | ししつ | lipid |
S_Adv | 水質 | すいしつ | water quality |
S_Adv | 硬質 | こうしつ | hard |