化妆
huàzhuāng · HSK 7
make up
💄 化 transform + 妆 adornment = makeup; you transform your face with adornment
化 means transform or change (as in 变化), and 妆 means adornment or grooming. Together huàzhuāng is the act of transforming your appearance with cosmetics: putting on make-up.
化 — person 亻 + spoon/upside-down person 匕
化 is an associative compound showing a standing person 亻 next to 匕, originally a depiction of a person turned upside-down. Together they suggest a figure transforming from one state to another, giving the core meaning 'change' or 'transform'. The character later extended to senses like 'convert', 'influence', and the noun suffix '-ization'.