Chinese symbol for “formalized”

形式化

xíng shì huà

formalization; formalized

The closest CC-CEDICT match for formalized is 形式化 (xíng shì huà), defined as: formalization; formalized.

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Characters and stroke order

形 xíng

form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look

radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes

式 shì

formula, pattern, rule, style, system

radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

化 huà

to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 形式化.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
形成	xíng chéng	to form; to take shape
形式	xíng shì	outer appearance; form
形象	xíng xiàng	image; form
形势 (形勢)	xíng shì	circumstances; situation
情形	qíng xing	circumstances; situation; state of affairs
形态 (形態)	xíng tài	shape; form
方式	fāng shì	way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
正式	zhèng shì	formal; official
文化	wén huà	culture; civilization

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.