Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Kunyomi: ば.ける ば.かす ふ.ける け.する

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さじ

Meaning: spoon

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

する(へんかする)   change [v.i.]

する(きょうかする)   strengthen

する(あっかする)   grow worse

する(しょうかする)   digest

近代する(きんだいかする)   modernize

映画する(えいがかする)   adapt (a book) to film

学(かがく)   chemistry

粧品(けしょうひん)   cosmetics

ける(ばける)   appear in disguise [v.i.]

け(おばけ)   ghost

かす(ばかす)   bewitch [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

action of making something, -ification

カガク chemistry

機械 キカイカ mechanization, mechanisation, computerization

民営 ミンエイカ privatization, privatisation

ケショウ make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer

粧水 ケショウスイ skin lotion, face lotion

オウゲ assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)

キョウケ guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kunyomi Examples

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.)

かす ばかす to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude

老ける ふける to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age