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Kanji Information Sheet for 化 ( PDF version )
English: change take the form of influence enchant delude -ization | On-Yomi: カ ケ | Kun-Yomi: ば.ける ば.かす ふ.ける け.する |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
Henshall Mnemonic: bewitched person changes and falls
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #89 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #89 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 化学 [かがく]
(n) chemistry [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化粧 [けしょう]
(n) make-up (cosmetic) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 変化 [へんか]
(n,vs) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis; variety; diversity; inflection; declension; conjugation [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 強化 [きょうか]
(n,vs) strengthen; intensify; reinforce; solidify [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消化 [しょうか]
(n,vs) digestion [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 化ける [ばける]
(v1) to appear in disguise; to take the form of; to change for the worse [K] [D] [Jisho] - 進化 [しんか]
(n,vs) evolution; progress [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化合 [かごう]
(n,vs) chemical combination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 文化財 [ぶんかざい]
(n) cultural assets; cultural property [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化石 [かせき]
(n) fossil; petrifaction; fossilization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化繊 [かせん]
(n) synthetic fibres [K] [D] [Jisho] - 軟化 [なんか]
(n,vs) softening; mollification [K] [D] [Jisho] - 悪化 [あっか]
(n,vs) (suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption [K] [D] [Jisho] - 誤魔化す [ごまかす]
(v5s) to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent [K] [D] [Jisho] - 酸化 [さんか]
(n) oxidation [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 化け物 [ばけもの]
(n) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分化 [ぶんか]
(n) specialization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 劣化 [れっか]
(n,vs) deterioration; degradation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 浄化 [じょうか]
(n,vs) purification; cleanup [K] [D] [Jisho] - お化け [おばけ]
(n) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost [K] [D] [Jisho] - 浄化槽 [じょうかそう]
(n) septic tank; tank for purifying water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自由化 [じゆうか]
(n) liberalization; freeing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 美化 [びか]
(n,vs) beautification; glorification [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化学肥料 [かがくひりょう]
chemical fertilizer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 本格化 [ほんかくか]
(vs) regularization; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化学兵器 [かがくへいき]
chemical weapons [K] [D] [Jisho] - 帰化 [きか]
(n) naturalization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化合物 [かごうぶつ]
(n) (chemical) compound [K] [D] [Jisho] - 文化遺産 [ぶんかいさん]
(n) cultural heritage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 文化勲章 [ぶんかくんしょう]
Order of Cultural Merit (award) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 重要文化財 [じゅうようぶんかざい]
important national treasure; important cultural property [K] [D] [Jisho] - 硬化 [こうか]
(n,vs) hardening; vulcanization; sclerosis [K] [D] [Jisho] - 変化球 [へんかきゅう]
(n) ball with a change of speed (baseball) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 文化人 [ぶんかじん]
(n) person of culture; cultured person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化成 [かせい]
(n) change; transformation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 文化庁 [ぶんかちょう]
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 文化的 [ぶんかてき]
(adj-na) cultural [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一酸化炭素 [いっさんかたんそ]
(n) carbon monoxide [K] [D] [Jisho] - 塩化 [えんか]
(n) chloride [K] [D] [Jisho] - 老化 [ろうか]
(n,vs) ageing; senile deterioration [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.