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An ideogrammic compound, 化 combines the radical 亻 (rén, a person standing upright) with 匕 (bǐ), which here depicts a person turned upside down or flipped over. This visual pairing of an upright and an inverted figure conveys the idea of transformation or turning into something entirely different. In usage, the character covers the processes of altering, converting, or melting, and it frequently serves as a suffix in modern terminology to indicate the process of becoming a certain state or condition, akin to the English suffixes '-ization' or '-ify'.
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环境变化很快。
中国文化很有意思。
化学是一门科学。
这座城市正在现代化。
雪在阳光下融化了。
我们需要简化工作流程。
这个系统能净化空气。
全球化带来了机遇与挑战。
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