為
commondo; change; make; benefit; welfare; be of use; reach to; try; practice; cost; serve as; good; advantage; as a result of
Radical: 爪 (claw). Strokes: 9画. Elements: ノ灬. Variants: 爲. . Hangul: 위 [wi]. Nanori: びいbii.
Jōyō Kanji High School. JLPT N1.
Example compounds:
| イI | 作為的【さくいてきsakuiteki】intentional; contrived 営為【えいいeii】business; occupation 不作為【ふさくいfusakui】forbearance; omission; inaction |
| ためtame | 為に【ためにtameni】for; because of 為【ためtame】good; sake; consequence; affecting その為【そのためsonotame】hence; for that reason |
| なるnaru | 為る【なるnaru】to become; to result in; to consist of; to succeed; to change into; to play a role; to be promoted (shogi); to do ... 病気に為る【びょうきになるbyōkininaru】to fall ill; to be taken ill |
| なすnasu | 為す【なすnasu】to build up; to form; to accomplish; to change into; to do; to intend to; to have a child 為す術もなく【なすすべもなくnasusubemonaku】at one's wit's end 身を殺して仁を為す【みをころしてじんをなすmiwokoroshitejinwonasu】to do an act of benevolence at the sacrifice of oneself |
| するsuru | 為る【するsuru】to do; to cause to become; to serve as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to decide on; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to pass (of time); verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to 馬鹿な事を為る【ばかなことをするbakanakotowosuru】to do a silly thing |
| なりnari | 為手【なりてnarite】candidate; suitable person |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 70ba | – | Unicode |
| 16-57 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 4-9-4 | – | SKIP |
| 4d5.8 | – | TKD |
| 3402.7 | – | Four Corner |
| 950 | – | De Roo |
| 138 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 3411 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 3577 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 2225 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1918 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 1137 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 1005 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 977 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 18981P | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 7 p. 393 |
| 1003 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 1484 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 1514 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 1277 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 446 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 736 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 1274 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1937 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |