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Kanji Grade 3 - 化

Kanji character Grade 3 化. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 化
About
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Kun: ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
On: カ、 ケ
4 strokes
Radical: spoon 匕
Parts: 化 匕
 
Onyomi
化 【カ】 action of making something, -ification
化学 【カガク】 chemistry
機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation, computerization
民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics
化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
 
Kunyomi
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.)
化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude