Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N4

389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: substance, quality, matter, temperament

Kunyomi: たち ただ.す もと わりふ

Onyomi: シツ シチ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

問する(しつもんする)   inquire

(ほんしつ)   essence

(たいしつ)   (physical) constitution

(せいしつ)   nature, personality

(そしつ)   qualities

(とくしつ)   characteristic

屋(しちや)   pawnshop

(ひとじち)   hostage

素な(しっそな)   simple

を取る(げんちをとる)   keep someone to a pledge

Onyomi Examples

シツ quality, value, nature, inherent quality, character, logical quality

シツギ question, interpellation

ヘンシツ alteration (of character or essence), change in quality, transformation, deterioration, degeneration, transmutation

タンパク タンパクシツ protein

シチ pawn, pawned article, pledge, security, guarantee

シチヤ pawnshop

ニュウシチ pawning

リュウシチ forfeiting a pawned article

ニュウシチ pawning

リュウシチ forfeiting a pawned article

Kunyomi Examples

たち nature (of a person), disposition, temperament, nature (of something), character, kind, sort

がいい たちがいい good-natured, of good character

ただす to enquire of someone about something (inquire), to question