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

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.