Jisho

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15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
西
Variants:
transition, move, change
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1937 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 遷都 【セント】 relocation of the capital, transfer of the capital
  • 遷宮 【セングウ】 installation of a deity in a new shrine, transfer of a shrine
  • 左遷 【サセン】 demotion, relegation, reduction in rank, degradation, downward move
  • 聖遷 【セイセン】 Hegira, Hejira, Hijra

Kun reading compounds

  • 移る 【うつる】 to move (house), to transfer (department), to change the target of interest or concern, to elapse (passage of time), to be permeated by a colour or scent, to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)
  • 移す 【うつす】 to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.), to change, to swap, to substitute, to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.), to divert (one's attention) to, to spend (time), to let (time) pass, to infect, to permeate something (with a color, smell, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • traslado
  • transferencia

Portuguese

  • transição
  • mover
  • mudança

French

  • transition
  • changement
  • déménagement
  • dégrader (armée, profession)
1498 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1975 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4743 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1447 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1820 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
943 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1896 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
722 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3932 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2027 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1624 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39123P Morohashi
3170 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6113 New Nelson (John Haig)
1610 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1737 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1810 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3256 2001 Kanji
2q12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3130.1 Four corner code
1-33-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9077 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
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
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)
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