为

See also 爲

Translingual

Stroke order

simpl.		为
trad.		為

Han character

为 (radical 3 丶+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈大尸戈 (IKSI))

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

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 80, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 44, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E3A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

为 (traditional 爲, Yale wai4, wai6)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

Compounds

• wéi
  • 为法自弊
  • 为非作歹
  • 为害
  • 为患
  • 为力
  • 为难
  • 为盼
  • 为期
  • 为歉
  • 为人
  • 为生
  • 为时
  • 为首
  • 为数
  • 为所欲为
  • 为伍
  • 为限
  • 为由
  • 为止
  • 为主
• wèi
  • 为此
  • 为的是
  • 为…而…
  • 为国捐躯
  • 为何
  • 为虎傅翼
  • 为虎作伥
  • 为了
  • 为民请命
  • 为人作嫁
  • 为什么
  • 为着
  • 为嘴伤身
  • 因为

Preposition

为 (simplified, Pinyin wèi, traditional 為)

1. because of; for; to

Verb

为 (simplified, Pinyin wéi, traditional 為)

1. as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do
   • John 1.7

     这人来，为要作见证，就是为光作见证，叫众人因他可以信。

     Zhè rén lái, 'wèi yào zuò jiànzhèng, jiùshì wèi guāng zuò jiànzhèng, jiào zhòngrén yīn tā kĕyǐ xìn.

     The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

Phrase

• 为渊驱鱼，为丛驱雀
• 见义勇为