硬化

Traditional form:

硬化

Pinyin (reading):

yìnghuà

Definitions:

• to harden
• (medicine) sclerosis
• (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify

Characters:

• 硬 - firm, hard, strong; obstinate
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

Traditional characters:

• 硬 - firm, hard, strong; obstinate
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize