Number:
64
化 transform
(personleft)
+ 
(heel)
ONYOMI: KA
The CAR transforms into Optimus Prime.
OK, I know he's supposed to be a truck or whatever, but I never liked that show anyway. I was fucking with Papa Smurf and Raydeen and shit.
The witch transformed that person into a giant heel.
DESCRIPTION: You'll often see 化 as a suffix, meaning "xxx - ization." For instance, 機械化(きかいか）means "the mechanization of society. The industrial revolution." Most of these words are not worth learning, but there's a LOT of them, so at least learn the suffix meaning.
KUNYOMI:
- ( が/に ) ば＊ける
-
transform - this is ONLY used in the context of a person changing to a ghost, or a curse transforming a person into a werewolf. In other words, it is not used that often.
JUKUGO:
USED IN:
- 変化 する ( へんか する)
-
transformation, change
変 (change) + 化 (transform) = 変化 (transformation, change)
- 文化 ( ぶんか )
-
culture
文 (culture/ sentence) + 化 (transform) = 文化 (culture)
- 進化 ( しんか )
-
evolution
進 (progress) + 化 (transform) = 進化 (evolution)
- 機械化 ( きかいか )
-
the mechanization of a society or of an industry.
機械 (A machine, particularly something with a motor in it which moves when activated. A computer is not a 機会, but a robot arm is. ) + 化 (transform) = 機械化 (mechanization )