Origin

This character appears to combine two parts showing a person (the left component, which represents a human figure) alongside an abstract element meaning "turn" or "spoon" (the right component). Together they suggest the idea of a person changing form or being transformed. The visual pairing conveys the sense of shift or alteration that lies at the heart of the character's meaning—whether it's a person disguising themselves, something undergoing transformation, or one thing influencing another into a different state. Over time this became the general character for any kind of change or conversion.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).