化: change, reform; -ize | flower

化 huà

adjective | verb | suffix
: to change into; to make into
: -ization; to … -ize
: to transform

化 huā

: variant of 花 – flower

Kun Reading

化す | かす kasu OR けす kesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化け | ばけ bake

noun | no-adjective
: transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself
: artificial fly (for fishing)

化ける | ばける bakeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to appear in disguise; to take the form of
: to change for the worse; to corrupt

化する | かする kasuru

suru verb – special class | suffix
: to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化かす | ばかす bakasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

化ける | ふける fukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to age; to grow old

化學[学] hua4xue2: chemistry; chemical
[化学 | かがく kagaku OR ばけがく bakegaku: chemistry]

化石 hua4shi2: fossil [かせき kaseki: fossil; petrifaction; fossilization]

化石燃料 hua4shi2 ran2 liao4: fossil fuel [かせきねんりょう kaseki nenryou]

化工 hua4gong1: chemistry industry, chemical engineering
[かこう kakou: chemical engineering]

化妝[妆] hua4zhuang1: to put on makeup
[化粧 | けわい kewai OR けしょう keshou: make-up; makeup; cosmetics]

化妝[妆]品 hua4zhuang1 pin3: cosmetic; makeup product
[化粧品 | けしょうひん keshouhin: cosmetics; toilet articles]  
化妝[妆]品店 hua4zhuang1 pin3 dian4: cosmetic shop
[化粧品店 | けしょうひんてん keshouhinten: cosmetics store] 粧
化粧水 | けしょうすい keshousui OR けしょうみず keshoumizu: face lotion
 
化妝舞會 [化妆舞会] hua4 zhuang1 wu3 hui4: masquerade party

化裝[装] hua4zhuang1: (of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself

老化 lao3hua4: to age (of person or object); becoming old
[ろうか rouka: aging; senile deterioration]

老化現象 | ろうかげんしょう rouka genshou: aging process]

文化 wen2hua4: culture; civilization; cultural
[ぶんか bunka: culture; civilization
: Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22]

變[变]化 bian4hua4: change; variation; to change; to vary
[変化 | へんか henka: change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis
: variety; diversity
: inflection; declension; conjugation
: sidestepping (sumo)] OR
[変化 | へんげ henge: goblin; ghost; apparition; bugbear]

消化 xiao1hua4: to digest; digestion; digestive
[しょうか shouka: digestion
: thorough understanding
: selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work
: losing one’s form and turning into something else]

進[进]化 jin2hua4: evolution [進化 | しんか shinka: evolution; progress]

轉[转]化 zhuan3hua4: to change; to transform

世界文化遺產地 [世界文化遗产地] shi4 jie4 wen2 hua4 yi2 chan3 di4: World Heritage site
[世界自然遺産 | せかいしぜんいさん sekai shizen isan: world natural heritage site]

世界文化遺產 [世界文化遗产] shi4 jie4 wen2 hua4 yi2 chan3: (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage

化 hua1: variant of 花

化子 hua1zi: beggar (old term); same as 花子

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
化物 | ばけもの bake mono OR ばけもん bakemon
: goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; specter

お化け話 | おばけばなし obake banashi
: ghost story; spooky story

化け猫 | ばけねこ bake neko
: monster cat; cat with magical powers

化の皮 | ばけのかわ bake no kawa
: masking one’s true character; disguise; sheep’s clothing

映像文化 | えいぞうぶんか eizou bunka
: (yoji) visual culture; culture of visual images; (screen) image culture

*千変万化 | せんぺんばんか senpen banka
: (yoji) innumerable changes; infinite variety

大衆文化 | たいしゅうぶんか taishuu bunka
: (yoji) mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)

妖怪変化 | ようかいへんげ youkai henge
: (yoji) (animal making a) monstrous apparition

誤摩化す | ごまかす gomakasu
: to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent; to cheat; to swindle; to tamper; to juggle; to manipulate
: to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties)
: to varnish over; to gloss over

誤魔化し | ごまかし gomakashi
: hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

道化役者| どうけやくしゃ douke yakusha
: (yoji) clown

道化芝居 | どうけしばい douke shibai
: (yoji) farce; low comedy

化けの皮を現わす | ばけのかわをあらわす bake no kawa o arawasu
: to expose one’s true colors; to expose one’s true character

狐と狸の化かし合い | きつねとたぬきのばかしあい kitsune to tanuki no bakashi ai
: two sly characters (the fox and the raccoon) outfoxing each other

狐に化かされる | きつねにばかされる kitsune ni bakasareru
: to be deceived by a fox

田鼠化して鶉となる | でんそかしてうずらとなる denso kashite uzura tonaru
: time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)

鷹化して鳩となる | たかけしてはととなる taka keshite hato tonaru
: time when eagles transform into dove: one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
化為泡影 hua4 wei2 pao4 ying3
: lit. to turn into soap bubbles; to come to nothing

化為烏有 [化为乌有] hua4 wei2 wu1 you3
: to go up in smoke; to vanish

化險為夷 [化险为夷] hua4 xian3 wei2 yi2
: to turn peril into safety; to avert disaster

*千變萬化 [千变万化] qian1 bian4 wan4 hua4
: countless changes; constant permutation

出神入化 chu1 shen2 ru4 hua4
: to reach perfection; a superb artistic achievement

光天化日 guang1 tian1 hua4 ri4
: the full light of day; fig. peace and prosperity; in broad daylight

化整為零 [化整为零] hua4 zheng3 wei2 ling2
: to break up the whole into pieces; dealing with things one by one; divide and conquer

化敵為友 [化敌为友] hua4 di2 wei2 you3
: to convert an enemy into a friend

春風化雨 [春风化雨] chun1 feng1 hua4 yu3
: lit. spring wind and rain; fig. the long-term influence of a solid education

蛻化變質 [蜕化变质] tui4 hua4 bian4 zhi4
: to degenerate (morally); to become depraved

食古不化 shi2 gu3 bu4 hua4
: to swallow ancient learning without digesting it; to be pedantic without having a mastery of one’s subject

被優化掉 [被优化掉] bei4 you1 hua4 diao4
: lit. to be optimized away; to be fired; to be the victim of downsizing

逢凶化吉 feng2 xiong1 hua4 ji2
: misfortune turns to blessing; to turn an inauspicious start to good account

化干戈為玉帛 [化干戈为玉帛] hua4 gan1 ge1 wei2 yu4 bo2
: lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk; fig. to turn hostility into friendship

化腐朽為神奇 [化腐朽为神奇] hua4 fu3 xiu3 wei2 shen2 qi2
: lit. to change something rotten into something magical