# 化 — Change

Frequency rank 87 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 持 (Hold), less common than 所 (Place).

- On’yomi: か、け
- Kun’yomi: ば
- Radical: 匕 Spoon (Kangxi 21)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 4

A cook swallows something twitching in a vat.

In words:

- 化ける ばける — to appear in disguise;to take the form of;to change for the worse
- 化する かする — to change into;to convert into;to transform;to be reduced;to influence;to improve (someone)
- 文化 ぶんか — culture

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