為

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Descendants 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Han character

為 (radical 86 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈大弓火 (IKNF), four-corner 2022₇)

1. do, make, handle, govern, act
2. be

[edit] Descendants

• ゐ

[edit] References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 669, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18981
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2198, character 11
• Unihan data for U+70BA

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

為 (wai4, wai6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

為 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: ため (tame), なる (為る, naru), なす (為す, nasu), する (為る, suru), たり (tari), つくる (為る, tsukuru), なり (nari)
• Nanori: びい (bii)

[edit] Compounds

為政 (isei): governing, administering 為政家 (iseika): politician 為政者 (iseisha): statesman 行為 (kōi): act, deed 無為 (mui): inactivity

作為 (sakui): artificiality, commission 為銀 (tamegin): exchange bank 外為 (gaitame): foreign exchange 為替 (kawase): money order

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

為 (wi; hangul: 위)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

為 (wèi, wéi)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

為 (vi, vị)