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					Grade 5 -                質 
 Kanji character Grade 5 質. Writing practice along 
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			| substance, quality, matter, temperament Kun: たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
 On: シツ、 シチ、 チ
 15 strokes
 Radical: shell 貝
 Parts: ハ 斤 目 貝
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 質 【シツ】 quality, value, nature, inherent quality, character, logical 
			quality 質疑 【シツギ】 question, interpellation
 変質 【ヘンシツ】 alteration (of character or essence), change in quality, 
			transformation, deterioration, degeneration, transmutation
 タンパク質 【タンパクシツ】 protein
 質 【シチ】 pawn, pawned article, pledge, security, guarantee
 質屋 【シチヤ】 pawnshop
 入質 【ニュウシチ】 pawning
 流質 【リュウシチ】 forfeiting a pawned article
 入質 【ニュウシチ】 pawning
 流質 【リュウシチ】 forfeiting a pawned article
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 質 【たち】 nature (of a person), disposition, temperament, nature (of 
			something), character, kind, sort 質がいい 【たちがいい】 good-natured, of good character
 質す 【ただす】 to enquire of someone about something (inquire), to 
			question
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