Dong Chinese dictionary

huà, huā

change

Pictograph of a right-side up person and an upside-down person, depicting the meaning "turn around" or "transform".

Components

亻 Iconic component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

匕 Iconic component

bǐ

spoon

Used here to depict an upside-down person.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huà

change, convert, reform; -ize; to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[huàxué]

huā

variant of 花[huā]

Most common words with 化

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (4 verified)

Sources