化
huà HSK3

change

化 huà
transform verb
to make into, change into, or transform from one state to another

他试图通过真诚的道歉，将危机化为转机。

tā shì​tú tōng​guò zhēn​chéng de dào​qiàn, jiāng wēi​jī huà wéi zhuǎn​jī.

He tried to turn the crisis into an opportunity through a sincere apology.

-ize verb
a suffix used to indicate a process or state of change (equivalent to -ization)

我们需要加快现代化建设。

wǒ​men xū​yào jiā​kuài xiàn​dài huà jiàn​shè.

We need to accelerate modernization.

melt verb
to change from a solid to a liquid state, typically due to heat; to thaw.

冰雪在阳光下化了。

bīng​xuě zài yáng​guāng xià huà le.

The ice and snow melted in the sunlight.

suppurate verb
to develop pus in a wound; to fester.

他的伤口已经化脓了。

tā de shāng​kǒu yǐ​jīng huà nóng le.

His wound has started to fester.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
178th most common 1161.4 per million
Movie subtitles
592nd most common 240.1 per million appears in 65% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
30.9 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
77.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+5316

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)