化 — change, transform

か化 change

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes abstract

U+5316 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #89 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1083 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

change
transform

word

か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

化(か) ka change 文(ぶん) 化(か) bunka culture 強(きょう) 化(か) kyouka strengthening 進(しん) 化(か) shinka evolution 化(か) 学(がく) kagaku chemistry 悪(あっ) 化(か) akka deterioration 少(しょう) 子(し) 化(か) shoushika declining birthrate 消(しょう) 化(か) shouka digestion

け ke On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

化(け) 粧(しょう) keshou makeup

は・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

化(ば) ける bakeru to transform

Appears in idioms

文明開化四字熟語

sentence, bright, open, change

千変万化四字熟語

thousand, unusual, ten thousand, change

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひと人 person #9

亻 person (left form)

匕 spoon

Used as component in (3)

はな花 flower か貨 freight くつ靴 shoes

Compound ideograph (会意). A standing person (亻, from 人) beside 匕 (spoon/inverted person) — one figure transforming into another. Change, transform.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#21 匕 spoon

化 — change, transform

Meanings

word

か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

け ke On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

は・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (3)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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化 — change, transform

Meanings

word

か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

け ke On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

は ・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (3)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

は・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).