化粧
けしょう · keshou · JLPT N3 · noun
makeup
💄 化粧 = transform + adorn; keshou sounds like case show: your make-up case
化 means change or transform (as in 変化, change), and 粧 means to adorn or dress up. Make-up is adornment that changes how a face looks. For the sound: kesh-ou, like the make-up case you open before a show.
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'.