為 — do, change, make

ため為 do

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+70BA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #831 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2067 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

do
change
make
benefit
welfare
be of use
reach to
try
practice
cost
serve as
good
advantage
as a result of

word

ため tame Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

為(ため) tame sake

い i On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

行(こう) 為(い) koui act 人(じん) 為(い) jini human action

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

為(な) す nasu to do

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

為替(かわせ) kawase exchange (money)

Appears in idioms

無為無策四字熟語

nothingness, do, nothingness, scheme

有為転変四字熟語

possess, do, revolve, unusual

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

丶 dot

勹 wrapping

灬 fire dots

Used as component in (1)

いつわる偽 falsehood

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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