化
Readings
Kana:
カ、ケ、ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する
Romaji:
ka, ke, ba.keru, ba.kasu, fu.keru, ke.suru
Meanings
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
4
Radical Number:
9
Frequency:
89
Grade:
3
Skip Pattern:
1-2-2
Korean Reading:
hwa
Chinese Reading:
hua4
Unicode:
5316
JIS:
323D
Indexes
Halpern Index: 21
Nelson Index: 350
New Nelson Index: 580
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a2.6
Four Corner Index: 2121.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 238
Gakken Index: 100
Japanese Names Index: 56
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2572X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0436
Remembering the kanji Index: 1008
Busy People Index: 3.19
Kanji Way Index: 104
Kanji Flashcards Index: 378
Kodansha Compact Index: 55
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 258
Kanji in Context Index: 414
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 12
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 12
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1017
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1083
Essential Kanji Index: 76
Kodansha Kanji Index: 22
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2156
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 163
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 242
Words
化
(か)
action of making something; -ification
悪化
(あっか)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
化粧
(けしょう、けわい、けそう)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
化す
(かす、けす)
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
化身
(けしん)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
化学
(かがく、ばけがく)
chemistry; chemical company (e.g. Acme Chemical Co.)
化合
(かごう)
chemical combination
化石
(かせき)
fossil; petrifaction; fossilization; fossilisation
塩化
(えんか)
chloride
化ける
(ばける)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)