163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2572X | Morohashi |
21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【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.)
- 化かす 【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
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
2156 | 2001 Kanji |
2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-2 | SKIP code |
2121.0 | Four corner code |
2421.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5316 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1092 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 皮肉 【ヒニク】 irony, sarcasm, cynicism, satire, unexpected, different from what one expected, not as one had planned, (only) surface, something superficial, skin and bone, body
- 皮革 【ヒカク】 leather, hide
- 表皮 【ヒョウヒ】 epidermis, cuticle, bark, epidermis, facade
- 上皮 【ウワカワ】 outer layer (e.g. of skin), cuticle, epidermis, bark, rind, crust, film (on the surface of a liquid), scum, epithelium
Kun reading compounds
- 皮 【かわ】 skin, hide, pelt, fur, rind, peel, husk, bark, shell, sheath, wrapping, mask (hiding one's true nature), seeming
- 皮切り 【かわきり】 beginning, start
- 一皮 【ひとかわ】 unmasking
- 薄皮 【うすかわ】 thin skin
Readings
- Korean:
- pi
Spanish
- pellejo
- piel
- cuero
- pelaje
Portuguese
- pelego
- pele
- esconder
- couro
French
- peau
- cuir
- fourrure
- radical peau (no. 107)
307 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
396 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
374 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
939 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3109 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
863 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
755 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
975 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1008 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1144 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1367 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3771 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1923 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2615 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
810 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
22823 | Morohashi |
3037 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3878 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
802 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
865 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
258 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1667 | 2001 Kanji |
2h3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-2 | SKIP code |
4-5-4 | SKIP code |
4024.7 | Four corner code |
1-40-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
76ae | Unicode hex code |
2383 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剥製 【ハクセイ】 stuffing, mounting, stuffed animal
- 剥製術 【ハクセイジュツ】 taxidermy
- 落剥 【ラクハク】 peeling off, coming off
Kun reading compounds
- 剥ぐ 【はぐ】 to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark, to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of
- 剥る 【へずる】 to pilfer, to steal a portion
- 剥く 【むく】 to peel, to skin, to pare, to hull, to strip, to bare (teeth, fangs), to open wide (eyes)
- 剥れる 【むくれる】 to become sullen, to sulk, to get angry, to take offense, to be miffed, to be upset, to peel (off), to come off
- 剥ける 【むける】 to peel off, to come off, to be taken off
- 剥がれる 【はがれる】 to come unstuck from, to peel off, to come off
- 剥ぐ 【はぐ】 to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark, to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of
- 剥げる 【はげる】 to peel off, to come off, to flake off, to be worn off, to fade, to discolor, to discolour
- 剥がす 【はがす】 to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect
Readings
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
Portuguese
French
695 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1427 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1719 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2106 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
496 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2145 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1227 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2f8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-2 | SKIP code |
2210.0 | Four corner code |
1-39-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5265 | Unicode hex code |