羽化

Chinese

		feather	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (羽化)		羽	化
simp. ^#(羽化)		羽	化

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ faa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔhuà
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-hua⁴
  - Yale: yǔ-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuhuah
  - Palladius: юйхуа (jujxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ faa³
  - Yale: yúh fa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ faa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ fa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ faː³³/

Verb

羽化

to ascend to heaven and become an immortal
- 浩浩乎如馮虛禦風，而不知其所止；飄飄乎如遺世獨立，羽化而登仙。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  浩浩乎如冯虚御风，而不知其所止；飘飘乎如遗世独立，羽化而登仙。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1082, Su Shi, “Former Ode on the Red Cliffs”
  Hàohàohū rú píng xū yù fēng, ér bù zhī qí suǒ zhǐ; piāopiāohū rú yí shì dú lì, yǔhuà ér dēngxiān. [Pinyin]
  So vast that we felt as if we were riding a wind in the firmament, not knowing where to land, and so ethereal that we felt as if we were ascending into heaven and becoming immortals.
(Taoism, euphemistic) to die; to pass away
(zoology) to eclose; to undergo eclosion
孑孓羽化成蚊子。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Jiéjué yǔhuà chéng wénzi. [Pinyin]
After eclosion, wrigglers become mosquitoes.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (羽化):

→ Japanese: 羽化(うか) (uka)
→ Korean: 우화(羽化) (uhwa)
→ Vietnamese: vũ hoá (羽化)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羽	化
う Grade: 2	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うか [úꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

羽(う)化(か) • (uka)

(biology) eclosion

See also

孵化(ふか) (fuka)

Verb

羽(う)化(か)する • (uka suru) suru (stem 羽(う)化(か)し (uka shi), past 羽(う)化(か)した (uka shita))

(biology) to eclose

Conjugation

Conjugation of "羽化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	羽化し	うかし	uka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	羽化し	うかし	uka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	羽化する	うかする	uka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	羽化する	うかする	uka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	羽化すれ	うかすれ	uka sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	羽化せよ¹ 羽化しろ²	うかせよ¹ うかしろ²	uka seyo¹ uka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	羽化される	うかされる	uka sareru
Causative	羽化させる羽化さす	うかさせるうかさす	uka saseru uka sasu
Potential	羽化できる	うかできる	uka dekiru
Volitional	羽化しよう	うかしよう	uka shiyō
Negative	羽化しない	うかしない	uka shinai
Negative continuative	羽化せず	うかせず	uka sezu
Formal	羽化します	うかします	uka shimasu
Perfective	羽化した	うかした	uka shita
Conjunctive	羽化して	うかして	uka shite
Hypothetical conditional	羽化すれば	うかすれば	uka sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“羽化”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026