huà to make into; to change into; to transform

Made up of [ spoon; ladle radical 21, rén Person (radical) radical 9]
Made with 4 strokes.
Can be thought of as a person tumbling over to suggest change and transformation. Original form was of two knives reflecting use of money in the form of knives - and concept of exchange.

Related characters


Also uses component: běi (north) (this) ; huá (splendid) ; huā (flower) ; lǎo (venerable) ; ne (and you?) ; néng (to be able to) ; (die) ; (it)
Also uses rén component: bǐng (both) chàng (to initiate) ; dài (replace) ; dàn (but) ; dào (fall) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; fèn (portion) ; gōng (to provide) ; (estimate) ; (what) ; hòu (wait) ; hóu (nobleman) ; huá (splendid) ; huā (flower) ; jiàn (healthy) ; liǎng (pair) ; mén (s) ; (you) ; rén (humane) ; shén (what) ; (he) ; wèi (position) ; xiān (immortal) ; xìn (letter) ; (night) ; 亿 (100,000,000) ; yōu (distant) ; zhí (value) ; zhù (to live) ; zhuàn (biography) ; zuò (to do) ; zuò (to make)

Sounds same

huà (speech) ; huà (to draw)

Different tone

huā (flower) ; huá (splendid)

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Pronunciation

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Cities

通化 Tonghua, Jilin
绥化 Suihua, Heilongjiang

Proverbs

桔化为枳 jú huà wèi zhǐ People change according to their environment. According to a story orange trees gave different types of fruit depending on whether they were planted north or south of a river.