The Japanese Radical: 化


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Meaning
Change    化

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 5Joyo 1
flower
hana, KA
Top: plant, grass , bottom: to change (When a standing person is sitting down, this is a change.)
A plant that changes (when blooming) is: a flower.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
chemistry, change, bewitched
bakeru, KA, KE
Left: a standing person , right: a sitting person
If a standing person is sitting down, it is a change.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
freight, cargo, goods
KA
Top: change (When a standing person is sitting down, this is a change.), bottom: money (Image of a shell with two feelers )
(Ex-)change money for freight.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
shoe
kutsu, KA
Left: leather (Horned 廿 animal have a skin of leather), right: change (When a standing person is sitting down, this is a change.)
Leather changes into shoes.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
inclined, lean, slope, tilt
katamuku/keru, KEI
Left: change, chemistry (When a standing person is sitting down, it is a change.), right: head/forehead
Change your head by inclining it.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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