Zi:化

化 [huà] ​变化 change; 化​学 chemistry; ​文化 culture [huā] ​花: ​耗​费, ​用​掉 [huò] ​貨 [é] (HDC:) 化/​訛​言

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 化 huà ‘change’ combines ​亻(​人) rén ‘person’ and ​𠤎 huà ‘change (person upside down)’ (phonosemantic); the meaning ‘change’ relates to an experienced person teaching an inexperienced person (as in ​教化 jiàohuà ‘educate/enlighten people’); when people offer/receive effective/persuasive education their hearts are transformed, their customs change, and they learn to get along in harmony (society changes for the better, human culture advances; cf. 化​辑/​缉: ​受​教化​而​和​睦​相​处).
    Compare: ​从 cóng ‘obey/follow’; ​比 bǐ ‘vie/compare’; ​货(​貨) huò ‘goods/money’.
    HDZ: 化 : huà : ​变化, ​改​变; ​感化, ​转​变​人​心、​风​俗; ​随​顺, ​仿​效; ​教化, (​古) ​统​治​者​统​治​人​民​的​理​论、​措​施; ​风​俗, ​风​气; ​造化, ​自​然​的​功​能; ​生, ​产​生; ​育: ​胎​孕: ​胚​胎; ​死 (​孟​子‧​公​孙​丑​下); ​消化, ​消​融; ​烧 (​火化); ​募化, ​乞​讨; ​道​观; ​行​为​过​分​无​礼; (​简​称) 化​学; (​词​缀) (​绿化, ​美化, ​电​气化); (​姓) • huā : ​花: ​耗​费, ​用​掉 • huò : ​貨
►references: Guǎngyùn:423.39; Wieger:30d; Karlgren:AD93,GSR19a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.109.4; Lindqvist:26; Mathews:2211; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:152.20; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:008.0.09; Wáng(1993):140; EDOC:1
►components: ​亻​𠤎​匕​
►Cantonese: fa-
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Unicode: U+5316
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