질

• IPA^(key)[t͡ɕiɭ]
• Phonetic Hangul[질]

질 • (jil)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ, ㅣ, and ㄹ.

Sino-Korean word from 質 (“substance; quality”)

질 • (jil) (hanja 質)

1. quality

   품질 (品質, pumjil, “quality”)

   질이 나쁜 종이 ― jiri nappeun jong-i ― bad-quality paper

   우리는 질 좋은 포도주를 마셨다.

   Urineun jil joeun podojureul masyeotda.

   We had some good-quality wine.

2. nature, disposition

   뛰어나게 질이 좋은 학생

   ttwieonage jiri joeun haksaeng

   an exceptionally brilliant student

   그는 보기와는 달리 질이 나쁜 사람이다.

   Geuneun bogiwaneun dalli jiri nappeun saramida.

   Unlike his appearance, he is a bad person.

   어머니는 내가 질이 안 좋은 친구들과 어울리는 것을 싫어하셨다.

   Eomeonineun naega jiri an joeun chin-gudeulgwa eoullineun geoseul sireohasyeotda.

   My mother didn't like me hanging around with a bad crowd.

3. matter

   식물 질 ― singmul jil ― vegetable matter

• 양 (量, yang, “quantity”)

Sino-Korean word from 膣 (“vagina”)

질 • (jil) (hanja 膣)

1. (anatomy) vagina

Possibly from 짓— (jit-, “to make, to build”) / 지— (ji-, “to become, to grow, to form”) + —ㄹ (-l, prospective suffix). Compare 짓 (jit, “act, deed”).

—질 • (-jil)

1. A depreciative noun-forming suffix attached to nouns.

   선생질 (先生—, seonsaengjil, “(depreciative) being a teacher”), 첩질 (妾—, cheopjil, “concubinage”), 손가락질 (son-garakjil, “pointing fingers”), 서방질 (書房—, seobangjil, “cuckolding”)

2. A nominalisation suffix attached to nouns, verbs or adjectives. The act of doing ...

   톱질 (topjil, “sawing”), 망치질 (mangchijil, “hammering”), 대패질 (daepaejil, “planing”), 부채질 (buchaejil, “fanning”), 바느질 (baneujil, “sewing”)

질 • (jil)

1. Dialectal form of 길 (gil, “domestication, tameness”).

Sino-Korean word from 帙 (“folding case, wrapper”)

질 • (jil) (hanja 帙)

1. folding case, wrapper (for books)
2. Classifier for a set of books. volume

질 • (jil)

1. Combined form of suffix —지 (ji) with —ㄹ (-l, prospective suffix).

Possibly from 질다 (jilda, “soft, watery”)

질 • (jil)

1. potter's clay; unglazed clay

• 기와 (giwa, “roofing tile”)
• 질그릇 (jilgeureut, “pottery, earthenware”)

Sino-Korean word from 秩 (“official ranks; official salaries”)

질 • (jil) (hanja 秩)

1. (historical) official ranks; official salaries

질 • (jil)

1. A synonym of 간장 (—醬, ganjang, “soy sauce”) in the secret language of the ginseng diggers.

질 • (jil)

1. Jeju dialect for 기지개 (gijigae, “a stretch; stretching one's back”).

질 • (jil)

1. Stem of 질다 (jilda, “soft, slushy”).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

질 (jil)

1. 質: quality

   (eumhun reading: 질 (jil), MC reading: 質 (MC ʈˠiɪ^H, t͡ɕiɪt̚))

2. 疾: disease; quick

   (eumhun reading: 질 (jil), MC reading: 疾 (MC d͡ziɪt̚))

3. 秩: order, rank

   (eumhun reading: 질 (jil), MC reading: 秩 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚))

4. 姪:

   (MC reading: 姪 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚, det̚))

5. 迭:

   (MC reading: 迭 (MC det̚))

6. 跌:

   (MC reading: 跌 (MC det̚))

7. 窒:

   (MC reading: 窒 (MC ʈˠiɪt̚, tet̚))

8. 叱:

   (MC reading: 叱 (MC t͡ɕʰiɪt̚))

9. 嫉:

   (MC reading: 嫉 (MC d͡ziɪ^H, d͡ziɪt̚))

10. 帙:

    (MC reading: 帙 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚))

11. 佚:

    (MC reading: 佚 (MC jiɪt̚))

12. 桎:

    (MC reading: 桎 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

13. 膣:

    (MC reading: 膣)

14. 侄:

    (MC reading: 侄 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

15. 蛭:

    (MC reading: 蛭 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚, ʈˠiɪt̚, tet̚))

16. 瓆:

    (MC reading: 瓆)

17. 絰:

    (MC reading: 絰 (MC det̚))

18. 軼:

    (MC reading: 軼 (MC jiɪt̚, det̚))

19. 躓:

    (MC reading: 躓 (MC ʈˠiɪ^H))

20. 騭:

    (MC reading: 騭 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

21. 垤:

    (MC reading: 垤 (MC det̚))

22. 郅:

    (MC reading: 郅 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

23. 鑕:

    (MC reading: 鑕 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

24. 蒺:

    (MC reading: 蒺 (MC d͡ziɪt̚))

25. 咥:

    (MC reading: 咥 (MC ʈʰˠiɪt̚, det̚, tet̚))

26. 耋:

    (MC reading: 耋 (MC det̚))

27. 晊:

    (MC reading: 晊 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

28. 抶:

    (MC reading: 抶 (MC ʈʰˠiɪt̚))

29. 銍:

    (MC reading: 銍 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚, ʈˠiɪt̚))

30. 袠:

    (MC reading: 袠 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚))

31. 瓞:

    (MC reading: 瓞 (MC det̚))

32. 袟:

    (MC reading: 袟)

33. 礩:

    (MC reading: 礩 (MC t͡ɕiɪ^H, t͡ɕiɪt̚))

34. 祑:

    (MC reading: 祑)

35. 昳:

    (MC reading: 昳 (MC det̚))

36. 翐:

    (MC reading: 翐 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚))

37. 挃:

    (MC reading: 挃 (MC ʈˠiɪt̚))

38. 妷:

    (MC reading: 妷 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚))

39. 峌:

    (MC reading: 峌)

40. 恎:

    (MC reading: 恎 (MC det̚))

41. 柣:

    (MC reading: 柣 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚, t͡sʰet̚))

42. 耊:

    (MC reading: 耊)

43. 㗌:

    (MC reading: 㗌)

44. 绖:

    (MC reading: 绖)

45. 质:

    (MC reading: 质)

46. 铚:

    (MC reading: 铚)

47. 锧:

    (MC reading: 锧)

48. 儨:

    (MC reading: 儨)

49. 劕:

    (MC reading: 劕 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

50. 厔:

    (MC reading: 厔)

51. 庢:

    (MC reading: 庢 (MC ʈˠiɪt̚))

52. 愱:

    (MC reading: 愱 (MC d͡ziɪt̚))

53. 戜:

    (MC reading: 戜 (MC det̚))

54. 槉:

    (MC reading: 槉 (MC d͡ziɪt̚))

55. 櫍:

    (MC reading: 櫍 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

56. 洷:

    (MC reading: 洷)

57. 潌:

    (MC reading: 潌)

58. 眣:

    (MC reading: 眣 (MC ʈʰˠiɪt̚, ʈˠat̚, det̚))

59. 眰:

    (MC reading: 眰)

60. 秷:

    (MC reading: 秷 (MC ʈˠiɪt̚))

61. 紩:

    (MC reading: 紩 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚))

62. 胅:

    (MC reading: 胅 (MC det̚))

63. 腟:

    (MC reading: 腟)

64. 臷:

    (MC reading: 臷)

65. 苵:

    (MC reading: 苵 (MC det̚))

66. 螏:

    (MC reading: 螏)

67. 螲:

    (MC reading: 螲 (MC ʈˠiɪt̚))

68. 詄:

    (MC reading: 詄 (MC det̚))

69. 豑:

    (MC reading: 豑 (MC ɖˠiɪt̚))

70. 豒:

    (MC reading: 豒)

71. 貭:

    (MC reading: 貭)

72. 㑵:

    (MC reading: 㑵 (MC d͡ziɪt̚))

73. 㗧:

    (MC reading: 㗧 (MC ʈˠiɪt̚, tet̚))

74. 㘍:

    (MC reading: 㘍 (MC t͡siɪt̚))

75. 㜱:

    (MC reading: 㜱)

76. 㜼:

    (MC reading: 㜼)

77. 㩫:

    (MC reading: 㩫)

78. 㲳:

    (MC reading: 㲳 (MC ʈˠiɪt̚))

79. 㲺:

    (MC reading: 㲺 (MC t͡siɪt̚))

80. 䏄:

    (MC reading: 䏄 (MC tei^X))

81. 䑇:

    (MC reading: 䑇 (MC t͡ɕiɪt̚))

82. 䜠:

    (MC reading: 䜠)

83. 䟈:

    (MC reading: 䟈)

84. 䬹:

    (MC reading: 䬹)

85. 䱃:

    (MC reading: 䱃)