IDENTITY
化huàto change; to melt; -ize
HSK 2Top 150
CORE MEANING
to change; to melt; -ize
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to change; to transformHSK2
- 2.cultureHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 亻person radical (rén)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰亻𠤎
- person
- turning around
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
文化wénhuàculture
变化biànhuàchange
化学huàxuéchemistry
Graded examples
中国文化很有意思。Zhōngguó wénhuà hěn yǒu yìsi.HSK3
Chinese culture is very interesting.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person (亻) turning (匕) from one state to another — transformation.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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