化成

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Chinese

Etymology 1

to change to become
trad. (化成)
simp. #(化成)
anagram 成化

Pronunciation


Verb

化成

  1. to transform; to turn into

Etymology 2

to civilize to complete
trad. (化成)
simp. #(化成)
anagram 成化

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (25)
Final () (99) (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter xwaeH dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠuaH/ /d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷᵚaH/ /d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuaH/ /d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwaɨH/ /d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/xuaH/ /ʑiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/xwaH/ /ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xwaH/ /ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huà chéng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faa3 sing4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huà chéng
Middle
Chinese
‹ xwæH › ‹ dzyeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʷʰˁ<r>aj-s/ /*m-eŋ/
English transform to complete (tr. v)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5327 1417
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hŋʷraːls/ /*djeŋ/
Notes

Verb

化成

  1. (Classical) to civilize successfully

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From (ka, change into) + (sei, form).

Noun

()(せい) (kasei

  1. chemical synthesis, transformation

Derived terms

Verb

()(せい)する (kasei surutransitive or intransitive suru (stem ()(せい) (kasei shi), past ()(せい)した (kasei shita))

  1. chemically transform