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Information of 化

Pinyinhuà、 huā

Radical

亻

Strokes

4 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform

化 [huà] (1) Change in nature or form. (2) Collection of donations by Buddhists or Taoists. (3) Used after nouns or adjectives to indicate a transformation into a certain nature or state. (4) Customs or social trends. (5) Specifically refers to "chemistry." 化 [huà] (1) Change in nature or form: 变化 (biàn huà), 分化 (fēn huà), 僵化 (jiāng huà), 教化 (jiào huà), 熔化 (róng huà), 融化 (róng huà), 潜移默化 (qián yí mò huà), 化干戈为玉帛 (huà gān gē wéi yù bó). (2) Collection of donations: 化缘 (huà yuán), 化斋 (huà zhāi). (3) Indicates transformation into a certain nature or state: 丑化 (chǒu huà), 绿化 (lǜ huà). (4) Customs or social trends: 有伤风化 (yǒu shāng fēng huà). (5) Specifically "chemistry": 化工 (huà gōng), 化纤 (huà xiān), 化肥 (huà féi). 化 [huà] (動) 【本义】: Change, transformation. 【造字法】: The ancient character was “匕”. It's a pictogram representing two people back to back, indicating change. (1) Same base meaning ([En.] turn; change). 引文: 1 "说文": 匕，变也。徐灏曰：“匕化古今字。” 2 "易·系辞传": Know the way of change. 3 "礼记·乐记": 和故百物化焉。 4 "周礼·柞氏": 若欲其化也。 5 "荀子·正名": 状态而实无别而为异者谓之化。 6 "国语·晋语": 胜败若化。 7 "吕氏春秋·察今": 因时而化。 8 "史记·货殖列传": 终不能化。 9 "聊斋志异·促织": 身化促织。 10 清·林觉民《与妻书》: 而骨化石。 例句: 如: 化现 (change); 化心 (change one's nature); 化先 (beginning of seasonal change); 化治 (change in governance). (2) Education and persuasion ([En.] help a misguided or erring person to change). 引文: 1 "说文": 化，教行也。 2 "周礼·大宗伯": 以礼乐合天地之化。 3 "荀子·七法篇": 渐也，顺也，靡也，久也，服也，羽也，谓之化。 4 "荀子·不苟篇": 神则能化矣。 5 "礼记·中庸": 变则化。 6 "吕氏春秋·士容": 淳淳乎纯谨畏化。 7 杨恽《报孙会宗书》: 明明求仁义，常恐不能化民者，卿大夫意也。 例句: 如: 化声 (reputation from education); 化行 (promoting education in an area); 化诲 (enlighten and educate); 化雨 (educate like rain nurturing plants); 化作 (give birth); 化物 (nurture external objects); 化胎 (nurture into a fetus); 化气 (nurturing energy); 化光 (spread virtue); 化向 (return to obedience through moral education); 化流 (circulate virtue). (3) Persuasion and change of heart ([En.] help to change by persuasion). 引文: 1 "公羊传·桓公六年": 正月实来化我也。 2 邹阳《狱中梁王书》: 是以圣王制世御俗，独化于陶钧之上。 例句: 如: 化俗 (improve customs); 化物 (influence external factors); 化服 (influence obedience); 化盗 (influence thieves to become good citizens). (4) Collection of donations ([En.] collect alms). 引文: 1 "西游记": 你去那里化些斋吃。 例句: 如: 化饭 (collect alms); 化布施 (collecting food donations in Buddhism); 化钱 (collect money); 化斋 (monks and priests collecting alms). (5) Burn up ([En.] burn up). 例句: 如: 化人场 (crematorium); 火化 (cremation). (6) Digest ([En.] digest). 引文: 1 杨万里《庸言》: 学而不化，非学也。 例句: 如: 化食 (digest food); 食古不化 (unable to absorb ancient knowledge). (7) Die ([En.] die). 引文: 1 晋·陶渊明《读山海经》: 同物既无虑，化去不复悔。 2 唐·刘禹锡《祭柳员外文》: 惟君平昔，聪明绝人，今虽化去，夫岂无物! (8) Eliminate or get rid of ([En.] eliminate; get rid of). 引文: 1 "韩非子·五蠹": 以化腥臊。 化 [huà] (名) (1) Customs or trends ([En.] convention; custom). 引文: 1 "汉书": 伤化败俗，大乱之道也。 (2) Nature’s function ([En.] Nature). 引文: 1 王羲之《兰亭集序》: 修短随化。 例句: 如: 化力 (power of nature); 化元 (origin of nature); 化功 (achievement of nature); 化儿 (children from nature). (3) Chemistry ([En.] chemistry). 例句: 如: 数理化 (mathematics and physics). 化 [huà] (后缀) (4) To cause to become, to transform ([En.] -ize; -ify)—used after nouns or adjectives to form verbs. 例句: 如: 绿化 (to green); 电气化 (electrify); 现代化 (modernize). (5) See also huā. 化 [huā] (1) To spend or consume. Same as “花” ([En.] spend). (2) See also huà. 化 [huā] (1) To spend or consume. Same as “花” ([En.] spend). 例句: 如: 化钱 (spend money); 化工夫 (spend effort). (2) See also huà.

文化史 wén huà shǐ

cultural history

叫化 jiào huà

Beggar

化妆品 huà zhuāng pǐn

cosmetic / makeup product

平均化 píng jūn huà

equalization

模块化 mó kuài huà

modularity

孵化 fū huà

breeding / to incubate / innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)

化险为夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí

to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

奉化 Fèng huà

Fenghua county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang

奴化 nú huà

enslave

化妆 huà zhuāng

to put on makeup

化妆间 huà zhuāng jiān

dressing room

化妆水 huà zhuāng shuǐ

skin toner

化妆师 huà zhuāng shī

dresser

化妆室 huà zhuāng shì

dressing room / powder room / (Taiwan) toilets

妖魔化 yāo mó huà

demonize

初始化 chū shǐ huà

(computing) to initialize / initialization

卤化 lǔ huà

to halogenate / halogenation (chemistry)

卤化物 lǔ huà wù

halide (i.e. fluoride, chloride, bromide etc)

募化 mù huà

to collect alms (Buddhism)

化学 huà xué

chemistry / chemical

变化 biàn huà

change / variation / to change / to vary / CL:個|个[ge4]

化石 huà shí

fossil

转化 zhuǎn huà

to change / to transform / isomerization (chemistry)

化工 huà gōng

chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[hua4 xue2 gong1 ye4] / chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[hua4 xue2 gong1 cheng2]

强化 qiáng huà

to strengthen / to intensify

化合物 huà hé wù

chemical compound

消化 xiāo huà

to digest / digestion / digestive

深化 shēn huà

to deepen / to intensify

产业化 chǎn yè huà

to industrialize / industrialization

分化 fēn huà

to split apart / differentiation

Input Method for 化

Pinyinhua4

Wubi

wxn

Cangjie

op

Zhengma

nrr

Four Corner

24210

Unicode

U+5316

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