A kanji
化
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
- 4 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 89 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
カ、ケ
Kun'yomi
ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 化 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 化 16 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 4 words
JLPT N2 · 3 words
JLPT N1 · 8 words
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 化.
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