Chinese symbol for “essentially”
本质上
běn zhì shàng
Traditional: 本質上
essentially; inherent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for essentially is 本质上 (běn zhì shàng), defined as: essentially; inherent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “essentially”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 本质上.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
| 版本 | bǎn běn | version; edition |
| 资本 (資本) | zī běn | capital (economics) |
| 本来 (本來) | běn lái | original; originally |
| 本身 | běn shēn | itself; in itself |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
See also: Japanese symbol for “essentially”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.