TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
變化
ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ · biànhuà
noun/verb — change; transformation; to change
字源 FORM — what the parts do
變to change; to transform (變化的變)biàn糸 (silk threads) + 言 (words) + 攴 (strike/force) — forcing threads to take a new configuration; extended to: change under pressure
化to transform; to convert; to influence (文化的化)huà人 (person upright) + 匕 (person inverted) — one person and their mirror-image flipped upside down; transformation itself
變化，變化的變，文化的化。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
化（化）：一個人（人）翻成倒立（匕）——就是另一個了。變（變）：還加了力（攴）去迫使它。
化: a person (人) flipped upside-down (匕) — already someone else. 變 adds force (攴) to make it happen. Together: change that is both natural and driven.
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