TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
化
化 ＝ 亻 ＋ 匕
ㄏㄨㄚˋ · huà
verb — to change, transform; to melt
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person, upright
匕義the same person, flipped head-downan inverted 人 — the spoon 匕 only lends its shape
A person upright (亻), the same person upside-down (匕) — turned end for end. Together they write change: shapes changing 變化, solids melting 雪化了, people changed by teaching 教化、文化.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
雪人早上還站著（亻），中午歪了，傍晚只剩一灘水。
Morning, the snowman stands (亻); noon, it leans; by evening, a puddle.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)變化— to change, transform常用
→融化、化了— to melt, dissolve
→教化、文化— to transform by teaching — culture常用
⇒化學— chemistry — the science of changes
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
匕bǐthe lookalike spoon — 化's right side is an upside-down person wearing its shape花＝ 艹 ＋ huā化 under grass 艹 — the plant transformed; 化 lends its sound