化 means change
take the form of, influence, enchant, delude
A person flips upside down: change.
On'yomi
- カka
- ケke
Kun'yomi
- ば(ける)bakeru
- ば(かす)bakasu
- ふ(ける)fukeru
- け(する)kesuru
How it's built
- 亻person
- 匕spoon
Common words
- 化合かごうchemical combination
- 化学かがくchemistry
- 感化かんかinfluence (on someone); inspiration
- 帰化きかnaturalization; naturalisation