爲

See also 为, and 為

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

爲 (radical 87 爪+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓火 (BHNF)): representation of an elephant

1. do, handle, govern, act (Lat. facere)
2. be
3. (archaic) elephant

References

• KangXi: page 689, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19686
• Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2033, character 21
• Unihan data for U+7232

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Cantonese

Hanzi

爲 (simplified 为, Yale wai4, wai6)

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Japanese

Kanji

爲

Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: ため (tame), する (suru), なす (nasu), なる (naru)

Usage notes

Non-Jōyō alternate for 為. Rarely used.

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Korean

Hanja

爲 (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

爲 (simplified 为, pinyin wèi (wei4), wéi (wei2), Wade-Giles wei⁴, wei²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

爲 (*hyuɛ, *hyuɛ̀)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爲 (vay, vì, vĩ, voi vơ, vờ, vi, ví, vị)