Zi:化

化 [huà] ​变化 change; 化​学 chemistry; ​文化 culture; (HDZ:) … [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); formerly wr. ​𠤎.
    Compare: ​货/​貨 huò ‘(exchange/trade/sale) goods; money’, formerly wr. 化.
    Note: The component ​人 ‘standing/east-facing man’ (☶) when inverted becomes (changes into) ​𠤎 ‘upside-down/fallen man’ (☳): the (rich) standing man influences/helps the (poor) fallen man change his circumstance (and potentially, vice versa); the meaning ‘change’ here 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.
    Compare: ​文化 wénhuà ‘human/civil culture’; 化​缉/​辑 huàjí ‘receive instruction/enlightenment, and work together in harmony’.
    Compare: ​从 cóng ‘obey/follow’; ​比 bǐ ‘vie/compare’; ​北 běi ‘north (back-to-back)’; ​舛 chuǎn ‘contradict’.
    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
    HDC: 化​緝/​輯 : huàjí : ​受​教化​而​和​睦​相​处
    HDC: ​貨/化​居 : huàjū : ​坟​墓 • huòjū : ​居​货​为​贾, (​古) 化/​货 (​居​貨​爲​賈)
    HDC: ​貨​居 : huòjū : ​贮​物​待​售; ​货​物, ​商​品
    HDC: ​居​貨/化 : jūhuò : ​积​货​售​卖 (cf. ​貿)
►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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