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Chinese symbol for “internalize”

内化
nèi huà
Traditional: 內化
internalization; to internalize

The closest CC-CEDICT match for internalize is 内化 (nèi huà), defined as: internalization; to internalize.

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Characters and stroke order

内 nèi
inside
radical 13 ⼌ · 4 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 内化.

WordPinyinMeaning
内容 (內容)nèi róngcontent; substance; details; 项 (xiàng)
国内 (國內)guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country)
内部 (內部)nèi bùinterior; inside (part, section)
境内 (境內)jìng nèiwithin the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc)
内地 (內地)nèi dìinland; interior
内阁 (內閣)nèi gé(government) cabinet
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

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.