化

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

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Components 亻匕

transform · Heisig RSH #830

人 person + spoon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大化县	Dà huà Xiàn	see 大化瑤族自治縣\|大化瑶族自治县[Da4 hua4 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
化子	huā zi	beggar (old term); same as 花子
大化	Dà huà	see 大化瑤族自治縣\|大化瑶族自治县[Da4 hua4 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
中国化	Zhōng guó huà	to sinicize; to take on Chinese characteristics
人性化	rén xìng huà	(of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs; people-oriented; user-friendly
生化学	shēng huà xué	biochemistry
水化	shuǐ huà	to hydrate
化学	huà xué	chemistry; chemical
生化	shēng huà	biochemistry
化学家	huà xué jiā	chemist
化学性	huà xué xìng	chemical
国有化	guó yǒu huà	nationalization
无机化学	wú jī huà xué	inorganic chemistry
安化县	Ān huà Xiàn	Anhua, a county in Yiyang City 益陽市\|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
儿化	ér huà	(Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final; to apply r-coloring to the final of a s…
有机化学	yǒu jī huà xué	organic chemistry
一体化	yī tǐ huà	to integrate; to unify
高分子化学	gāo fēn zǐ huà xué	polymer chemistry
自动化	zì dòng huà	to automate
生物化学家	shēng wù huà xué jiā	biochemist

These characters use 化 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
化 sound part	huà	to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
华	huá	flowery; illustrious; Chinese
货	huò	products, merchandise; goods, commodities
靴	xuē	boots
讹	é	to swindle, to cheat; wrong, error; falsehood