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HSK 3 · Change & Development

变化

biàn huà

change; to change

Stroke order of 变化

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

变 · 8 strokes化 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

A hand '又' tweaks things '亦', and a standing person '亻' flips upside down '匕' — total change.

Parts: 变 change (亦 also + 又 hand) + 化 transform (亻 person + 匕 upside-down person)

The characters in 变化

  • 变 biàn — to change; to become (8 strokes)
  • 化 huà — to change into; -ize (4 strokes)

Example sentence

这几年这里变化很大。

This place has changed a lot in recent years.

Words with 变

变to change; to become变成to turn into改变to change变为to become; to turn into转变to change; to transform

Words with 化

文化culture化to change into; -ize现代化modernization

More words: Change & Development

变为to become; to turn into转变to change; to transform化to change into; -ize现代化modernization发展to develop; development发达developed进步progress; to improve进展progress; to make progress进一步further改进to improve改造to transform; to rebuild修改to revise; to modify调整to adjust形成to form成长to grow up生长to grow

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