Kanji Study

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

Henshall Mnemonic: two noses meet under roof

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #4 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 会う   [あう]
  (v5u) to meet; to interview   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会社   [かいしゃ]
  (n) company; corporation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 展覧会   [てんらんかい]
  (n) exhibition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会   [しゃかい]
  (n) society; public   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会議   [かいぎ]
  (n) meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会議室   [かいぎしつ]
  conference room; council room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会場   [かいじょう]
  (n) assembly hall; meeting place; the grounds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会話   [かいわ]
  (n) conversation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機会   [きかい]
  (n) chance; opportunity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 教会   [きょうかい]
  (n) church   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 議会   [ぎかい]
  (n) Diet; congress; parliament   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 大会   [たいかい]
  (n) convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会   [かい]
  (n,n-suf,vs) meeting; assembly; party; association; club   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会員   [かいいん]
  (n) member; the membership   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出会い   [であい]
  (n) meeting; rendezvous; encounter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出会う   [であう]
  (v5u) to meet by chance; to come across; to happen to encounter; to hold a rendezvous; to have a date   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会計   [かいけい]
  (n) account; finance; accountant; treasurer; paymaster; reckoning; bill   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国会   [こっかい]
  (n) (abbr) National Diet; parliament; congress   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会合   [かいごう]
  (n) meeting; assembly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 都会   [とかい]
  (n) city   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 学会   [がっかい]
  (n) scientific society; academic meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 開会   [かいかい]
  (n) opening of a meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 司会   [しかい]
  (n,vs) chairmanship   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会科学   [しゃかいかがく]
  social science   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会館   [かいかん]
  (n) meeting hall; assembly hall   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 議院運営委員会   [ぎいんうんえいいいんかい]
  House Steering Committee   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 分科会   [ぶんかかい]
  subcommittee meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 親会社   [おやがいしゃ]
  (n) parent company   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 年会   [ねんかい]
  (n) conference; annual convention   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 碁会所   [ごかいじょ]
  (n) commercial go-playing parlour   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締役会   [とりしまりやくかい]
  (n) (1) board of directors; (2) board of directors' meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 地方議会   [ちほうぎかい]
  local assembly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 市民社会   [しみんしゃかい]
  civil society   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 本会議   [ほんかいぎ]
  (n) plenary session; regular session   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 町議会   [ちょうぎかい]
  (n) town council   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 創価学会   [そうかがっかい]
  (n) Sokagakkai (lay organization)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送別会   [そうべつかい]
  (n) farewell party   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日本学術会議   [にほんがくじゅつかいぎ]
  (n) Science Council of Japan   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 公正取引委員会   [こうせいとりひきいいんかい]
  Fair Trade Commission   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 展示会   [てんじかい]
  (n) exhibition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 同窓会   [どうそうかい]
  (n) graduate's association; alumni meeting; class reunion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立ち会い   [たちあい]
  (n) presence; session   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 部会   [ぶかい]
  (n) section meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 公聴会   [こうちょうかい]
  (n) public hearing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 司会者   [しかいしゃ]
  chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会運動   [しゃかいうんどう]
  social movement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会科   [しゃかいか]
  (n) social studies   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会学   [しゃかいがく]
  (n) sociology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会教育   [しゃかいきょういく]
  social education   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 地域社会   [ちいきしゃかい]
  regional community   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 会 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

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.