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common

カ/KA/    ケ/KE/    ば.ける/ba.keru/    ば.かす/ba.kasu/    ふ.ける/fu.keru/    け.する/ke.suru/KA/カ/    KE/ケ/    ba.keru/ば.ける/    ba.kasu/ば.かす/    fu.keru/ふ.ける/    ke.suru/け.する/

change;  take the form of;  influence;  enchant;  delude;  -ization

Radical: 亻 (human).   Strokes: 4画.   Elements: ⺅匕.   Pinyin: huà.   Hangul: 화 [hwa].

Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
カKA教化【きょうかkyōka】culture; education; civilization; civilisation
劇化【げきかgekika】dramatization; dramatisation
酸化防止剤【さんかぼうしざいsankabōshizai】antioxidant
ケKE化身【けしんkeshin】incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
化粧水【けしょうすいkeshōsui】face lotion
道化【どうけdōke】antics; buffoonery; clowning
ばけるbakeru化ける【ばけるbakeru】to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
ばかすbakasu化かす【ばかすbakasu】to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
ふけるfukeru化ける【ふけるfukeru】to age; to grow old
Codepoints and classification codes:
5316–Unicode
18-29–JIS X 0208
1-2-2–SKIP
2a2.6–TKD
2421.0–Four Corner
2156–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
350–Classic Nelson
580–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
21–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
12–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1008–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
100–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
56–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
76–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
2572X–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 436
238–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
254–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
163–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
378–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
258–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
242–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
104–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
414–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
3.19–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
55–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1017–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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