Chinese symbol for “harden”
硬化
yìng huà
to harden; (medicine) sclerosis; (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify
The closest CC-CEDICT match for harden is 硬化 (yìng huà), defined as: to harden; (medicine) sclerosis; (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “harden”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 固化 | gù huà | to solidify; to harden; (fig.) to make permanent; to become fixed |
| 狠 | hěn | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute |
| 垮脸 (垮臉) | kuǎ liǎn | (of the face) to harden; to sag |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硬化.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 硬币 (硬幣) | yìng bì | coin; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 强硬 (強硬) | qiáng yìng | tough; unyielding |
| 硬盘 (硬盤) | yìng pán | hard disk |
| 坚硬 (堅硬) | jiān yìng | hard; solid |
| 硬度 | yìng dù | hardness |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “harden”.
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.