化 (huà): to make into, to change into, -ization, to ... -ize, to transform, abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
化 (huà) is a Chinese character meaning “to make into.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 匕 (structural). It ranks #178 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to make into
- to change into
- -ization
- to ... -ize
- to transform
- abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 化
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 变化verb/noun | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change | 3 |
| 文化noun | wén huà | culture | 3 |
| 化学 | huà xué | chemistry | 5 |
| 化妆verb | huà zhuāng | to put on makeup | 6 |
| 进化verb | jìn huà | evolution | 6 |
| 融化verb | róng huà | to melt | 6 |
| 消化 | xiāo huà | to digest (food) | 5 |
| 二氧化碳noun | èr yǎng huà tàn | carbon dioxide CO2 | 6 |
| 强化verb | qiáng huà | to strengthen | 6 |
| 简化verb | jiǎn huà | to simplify | 6 |
| 化石noun | huà shí | fossil | 6 |
| 现代化verb | xiàn dài huà | modernization | 5 |
| 数字化verb | shù zì huà | to digitize | 6 |
| 优化verb | yōu huà | to optimize | 6 |
| 绿化verb | lǜ huà | to make green with plants | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶化 | è huà | to worsen |
| 化验 | huà yàn | chemical examination |
| 化疗 | huà liáo | chemotherapy |
| 净化 | jìng huà | to purify |
| 化身 | huà shēn | incarnation |
| 化名 | huà míng | to go by an alias |
| 火化 | huǒ huà | to cremate |
| 化装 | huà zhuāng | (of actors) to make up |
| 孵化 | fū huà | breeding |
| 老化 | lǎo huà | (of a person, population or material) to age |
| 美化 | měi huà | to make more beautiful |
| 化解 | huà jiě | to dissolve |
| 腐化 | fǔ huà | to rot |
| 分化 | fēn huà | to split apart |
| 感化 | gǎn huà | corrective influence |
化 appears in 100 compound words: 29 as the first character, 70 as the last, and 1 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 化 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (31)
Showing 12 of 31 idioms containing 化.
Example Sentences
老师教我们化字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men huā zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "化."
...文垂:期待“为奥运喝彩”项目组持续发挥文化桥梁作用
. . . wén chuí : qī dài wéi ào yùn hē cǎi xiàng mù zǔ chí xù fā huī wén huà qiáo liáng zuò yòng
... Venturi: I look forward to the "Cheer for the Olympics" project team continuing to play a role as a cultural bridge
...宣布“欧洲新车累积销量突破百万辆”!电动化布局成核心动能
. . . xuān bù ōu zhōu xīn chē lěi jī xiāo liàng tū pò bǎi wàn liàng ! diàn dòng huà bù jú chéng hé xīn dòng néng
... announced that "the cumulative sales of new cars in Europe exceeded one million units"! Electrification layout has become the core driving force
...潭9岁男童溺毙 纵管处:与地方政府共同强化管理
. . . tán 9 suì nán tóng nì bì zòng guǎn chǔ : yǔ dì fāng zhèng fǔ gòng tóng qiáng huà guǎn lǐ
... Tan 9-year-old boy drowned Longitudinal Management Office: Strengthen management with local governments
倒酱油、拌肉馅,看春晚机器人化身“新春大厨”
dǎo jiàng yóu , bàn ròu xiàn , kàn chūn wǎn jī qì rén huà shēn xīn chūn dà chú
Pour soy sauce, mix meat filling, and watch the Spring Festival Gala robot transform into a "New Year chef"
高标准高质量推进雄安新区建设现代化城市丨雄安新区新..
gāo biāo zhǔn gāo zhì liàng tuī jìn xióng ān xīn qū jiàn shè xiàn dài huà chéng shì 丨 xióng ān xīn qū xīn . .
Promote the construction of Xiong'an New Area into a modern city with high standards and high quality丨Xiong'an New Area New:
谁能融化你的铁石心肠?
Shéi néng rónghuà nǐ de tiěshíxīncháng?
Who could melt that stone heart of yours?
霜还没有开始溶化。
Shuāng hái méiyǒu kāishǐ rónghuà.
The hoarfrost hasn't yet begun to thaw.
我们要尊重传统文化。
Wǒmen yào zūnzhòng chuántǒng wénhuà.
We must have respect for tradition.
这些年空气质量恶化了。
Zhèxiē nián kōngqì zhìliàng èhuà le.
Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.
Character Family
匕 Radical Family — Characters sharing the spoon radical
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