化

change, transform

化 is composed of the BuShou of 人(man) and 匕(spoon, the picture of a sitting man). In Oracle script and Bronze script, 化 depicts two men, while one man stands, another man stands upside-down, so it means change and transformation.

Vocabulary of 化

  • 化學 (chemistry)
  • 化妝 (to put on makeup)

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