질

질 U+C9C8, 질
HANGUL SYLLABLE JIL
Composition:ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄹ
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[U+C9C7] 		Hangul Syllables 짉 →
[U+C9C9]

Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕiɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[질]
Revised Romanization? jil
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jil
McCune–Reischauer? chil
Yale Romanization? cil

Etymology 1

지직짂짃진짅짆
짇질짉짊짋짌짍
짎짏짐집짒짓짔
징짖짗짘짙짚짛
즤 ←→ 짜

Syllable

질 • (jil)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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
See also
  • 양 (量, yang, “quantity”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 膣 (“vagina”)

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 膣)

  1. (anatomy) vagina

Etymology 4

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”).

Suffix

—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”)

Etymology 5

Noun

질 • (jil)

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

Etymology 6

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

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 帙)

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

Etymology 7

Verb

질 • (jil)

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

Etymology 8

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

Noun

질 • (jil)

  1. potter's clay; unglazed clay
Derived terms
  • 기와 (giwa, “roofing tile”)
  • 질그릇 (jilgeureut, “pottery, earthenware”)

Etymology 9

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

Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 秩)

  1. (historical) official ranks; official salaries

Etymology 10

Noun

질 • (jil)

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

Etymology 11

Noun

질 • (jil)

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

Etymology 12

Verb

질 • (jil)

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

Etymology 13

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

질 (jil)

  1. 質: quality
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
  2. 疾: disease; quick
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
  3. 秩: order, rank
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil))
  4. 姪:
  5. 迭:
  6. 跌:
  7. 窒:
  8. 叱:
  9. 嫉:
  10. 帙:
  11. 佚:
  12. 桎:
  13. 膣:
  14. 侄:
  15. 蛭:
  16. 瓆:
  17. 絰:
  18. 軼:
  19. 躓:
  20. 騭:
  21. 垤:
  22. 郅:
  23. 鑕:
  24. 蒺:
  25. 咥:
  26. 耋:
  27. 晊:
  28. 抶:
  29. 銍:
  30. 袠:
  31. 瓞:
  32. 袟:
  33. 礩:
  34. 祑:
  35. 昳:
  36. 翐:
  37. 挃:
  38. 妷:
  39. 峌:
  40. 恎:
  41. 柣:
  42. 耊:
  43. 㗌:
  44. 绖:
  45. 质:
  46. 铚:
  47. 锧:
  48. 儨:
  49. 劕:
  50. 厔:
  51. 庢:
  52. 愱:
  53. 戜:
  54. 槉:
  55. 櫍:
  56. 洷:
  57. 潌:
  58. 眣:
  59. 眰:
  60. 秷:
  61. 紩:
  62. 胅:
  63. 腟:
  64. 臷:
  65. 苵:
  66. 螏:
  67. 螲:
  68. 詄:
  69. 豑:
  70. 豒:
  71. 貭:
  72. 㑵:
  73. 㗧:
  74. 㘍:
  75. 㜱:
  76. 㜼:
  77. 㩫:
  78. 㲳:
  79. 㲺:
  80. 䏄:
  81. 䑇:
  82. 䜠:
  83. 䟈:
  84. 䬹:
  85. 䱃:
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