Chinese Character Entry
| 為 |
Meaning do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of, handle, govern, act, be |
Chinese readings
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄨㄟˋ, ㄨㄟˊ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | wèi, wéi |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | wai4 |
Japanese readings
| On'yomi (Kana): | イ |
| On'yomi (Romaji): | i |
| Kun'yomi (Kana): | ため、 な.る、 な.す、 す.る、 たり、 つく.る、 なり |
| Kun'yomi (Romaji): | tame, naru, nasu, suru, tari, tsukuru, nari |
| Nanori (Kana): | びい |
| Nanori (Romaji): | bii |
Korean readings
| Hangul: | 위 |
| Romaja: | wi |
Vietnamese readings
| Quốc ngữ: | vi |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 为 |
| Semantic variant form: | 爲 |
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