本质 běnzhì▶ esencia

Stroke order

本质 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 本 — 5 strokes
• 质 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. essence
2. nature
3. innate character
4. intrinsic quality

Related words

• 基本básico
• 性质Naturaleza
• 本科Estudiante universitario
• 本领habilidad; capacidad
• 根本en absoluto
• 物质material

本质 is pronounced běnzhì and means “esencia”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 本质 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.