huà

to make into

to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]

person (亻) + inverted figure (匕) = to transform

The image of a person (亻) beside an inverted or kneeling figure (匕) captures the idea of one form shifting into another. This visual pairing of upright and altered bodies became the root concept of transformation itself.

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A personSemantic
An invertedSemantic

Words with 化

一氧化氮

yī yǎng huà dàn

nitric oxide

特化

tè huà

specialization

通化

tōng huà

see 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4]

通化市

tōng huà shì

Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

通化县

tōng huà xiàn

Tonghua, a county in Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin

通讯自动化

tōng xùn zì dòng huà

communications automation

造化

zào huà

(literary) Nature; the Creator

造化

zào hua

good luck

逢凶化吉

féng xiōng huà jí

misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account

自动化

zì dòng huà

to automate

进化

jìn huà

evolution

进化论

jìn huà lùn

theory of evolution

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