Read Edit View history Discussion 质 zhìzhí HSK4 nature, substance Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 質. Phonosemantic compound. 斦 represents the sound and 贝 represents the meaning. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 質 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the phonetic 斦 component in the traditional character 質. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 质 Simp strokes 质 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint In ancient China shells were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 质 Simp strokes 质 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 质 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 689, 766 ], [ 621, 785 ], [ 543, 741 ], [ 436, 699 ], [ 374, 684 ], [ 364, 676 ], [ 348, 677 ], [ 340, 664 ] ], [ [ 256, 703 ], [ 289, 672 ], [ 295, 651 ], [ 284, 496 ], [ 262, 368 ], [ 240, 288 ], [ 194, 180 ], [ 140, 96 ], [ 109, 59 ] ], [ [ 377, 562 ], [ 401, 556 ], [ 456, 558 ], [ 571, 581 ], [ 709, 618 ], [ 777, 623 ] ], [ [ 524, 702 ], [ 556, 687 ], [ 558, 675 ], [ 541, 494 ], [ 534, 475 ], [ 524, 467 ] ], [ [ 404, 458 ], [ 425, 435 ], [ 433, 413 ], [ 433, 299 ], [ 422, 224 ], [ 423, 164 ] ], [ [ 451, 448 ], [ 470, 438 ], [ 485, 438 ], [ 645, 477 ], [ 676, 468 ], [ 691, 450 ], [ 697, 438 ], [ 691, 373 ], [ 695, 228 ], [ 687, 156 ] ], [ [ 507, 372 ], [ 527, 364 ], [ 556, 335 ], [ 544, 182 ], [ 534, 136 ], [ 514, 89 ], [ 475, 45 ], [ 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