DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

漢化

简汉化 · 繁漢化

Mandarin · pinyin Hàn huà

to sinicize
sinicization
(software) Chinese localization

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

漢: Look up this written character
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
汉: hàn · Chinese people; Chinese language

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4 · Han4 hua4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

漢化 · find source passages ↗ · 汉化 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

verb

to sinicize
(computing) to implement Chinese localization; to translate into Chinese or convert into a Chinese interface

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack