素质 sùzhì▶ calidad

Stroke order

素质 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 素 — 10 strokes
• 质 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. inner quality
2. basic essence

Related words

• 人质Rehén
• 元素elemento
• 变质deteriorar
• 品质calidad
• 地质geología
• 实质esencia

素质 is pronounced sùzhì and means “calidad”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 素质 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.