化 means change, transformation and is a JLPT N3 kanji. It has 4 strokes and uses the spoon radical (匕).
Stroke order · 4 strokes
On'yomi (音読み)
カ、ケ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ば(ける)、ふ(ける)、け(する)
Radical
匕 · spoon
Strokes
4
How to remember 化
An upright person (亻) beside a person turned upside down (匕) — one form becoming another. Magicians, chemistry, makeup — all of it is the business of 化.