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change 化
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Used in these characters:
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花
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| flower, blossom
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: change 化 (... from a standing 亻 to a sitting 匕 person)
A plant that changes (when blooming) is the: flower.
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化
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| change, transform, to make into
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Left: standing person 亻, right: ladle/spoon 匕 (here: sitting person),
If a standing person becomes a sitting person, it is a change.
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货
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| goods, commodity, products
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Top: change 化 (From a standing 亻 to a sitting 匕 person is a change.), bottom: money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 = shell-money)
Change money versus goods and commodities.
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华
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| magnificent, splendid, flowery, abbr. for China
huá, huà
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十
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Top: change 化 to beautiful, as at a flower 花, bottom: ten 十
The change makes it tenfold more beautiful and magnificent, like China.
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倾
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
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Left: person 亻, right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person 匕, page, (fore)head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) Better left: change 化
If a person 亻turns to a sitting 匕 person, it's in the head, that is inclining.
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哗
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| clamor, noise, crashing sound
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Left: mouth 口, right: magnificent, flowery 华 (The change 化 makes it tenfold 十 as magnificent)
It comes out of the mouth "magnificently", this is: clamor.
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靴
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JLPT no HSK |
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| boots
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals 干 have a skin 口 of leather.), right: change 化 (From a standing 亻 to a sitting 匕 person is a change.)
Leather changes into boots.
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讹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| error, exhort, false
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Left: word 讠(=言 sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: change 化 (From a standing 亻 to a sitting 匕 person is a change.)
If your words are 'changed' they become erroneous.
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桦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| birch tree, Betula japonica
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Left: tree 木, right: magnificent, flowery 华 (The change 化 makes it tenfold 十 as magnificent)
(The bark and sap are usable:) This tree is magnificent, the: birch.
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