Today’s second #kanji is #化. It’s made of #にんべん(亻) and #さじ/さじのひ(匕).
にんべん(人偏) looks like the katakana イ but it suggests association with a person/people.
さじ looks like the katakana ヒ but it means “a spoon.”
Did ancient people use a spoon to transform themselves?? I don’t know…
Meaning: to transform
化学(カガク): chemistry (when you need to make sure not to get confused with 科学, people pronounce it as ばけガク)
化合(カゴウ): chemical combination
化石(カセキ): a fossil
文化(ブンカ): culture
変化(ヘンカ): (a) change; (a) variation
消化(ショウカ): digestion
悪化(アッカ): a change for the worse, deterioration, aggravation
化粧(ケショウ): makeup
変化(ヘンゲ): the changing by an animal or person of its original form to a different visible form
化ける(ばける): to take the form of…, to turn oneself into…
化かす(ばかす): to bewitch, to enchant
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