质
character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #339 U+8D28
How 质 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
贝 (semantic, “shell”) + 十 (phonetic, shí)
How to remember it
quality · Heisig RSH #660
drag + 十 ten + 贝 shellfish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 十
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 十 (shí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十 sound component | shí | ten, tenth; complete; perfect |
| 计 | jì | to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme |
| 协 | xié | to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize |
| 汁 | zhī | juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce |
| 隼 | sǔn | falcon, eagle; an aquiline nose |
Words containing 质
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国地质大学 | Zhōng guó Dì zhì Dà xué | China University of Geosciences |
| 地质学家 | dì zhì xué jiā | geologist |
| 化学性质 | huà xué xìng zhì | chemical property |
| 地质学 | dì zhì xué | geology |
| 物理性质 | wù lǐ xìng zhì | physical property |
| 质子数 | zhì zǐ shù | proton number in nucleus; atomic number |
| 有气质 | yǒu qì zhì | to have class; classy |
| 生物质 | shēng wù zhì | biomass |
| 物质文明和精神文明 | wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng | material and spiritual culture; matter and mind; material progress, ideology and culture (… |
| 物质文明 | wù zhì wén míng | material culture |
| 相对分子质量 | xiāng duì fēn zǐ zhì liàng | (chemistry) relative molecular mass |
| 器质性 | qì zhì xìng | (of medical disorders) organic |
| 本质上 | běn zhì shàng | essentially; inherent |
| 质子 | zhì zǐ | proton (positively charged nuclear particle); a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a n… |
| 相对原子质量 | xiāng duì yuán zǐ zhì liàng | (chemistry) relative atomic mass |
| 人质 | rén zhì | hostage |
| 生物质能 | shēng wù zhì néng | biomass |
| 水质 | shuǐ zhì | water quality |
| 光面内质网 | guāng miàn nèi zhì wǎng | smooth endoplasmic reticulum |
| 质心 | zhì xīn | (physics) center of mass |