Hanja Analyzer
為

為 — wi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
하 위
Romanization
wi
English
do, handle, govern, act; be
Mandarin
wèi
Japanese on'yomi
イ
Japanese kun'yomi
ため な.る な.す す.る たり つく.る なり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#831 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Variant forms
爲
Radical
火 (86, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+70BA

Parts that make up 為

  • 丶 심지 주 찍은 점 하나뜻보다 모양을 이루는 점
  • 勹 꾸릴 포, 쌀 포 몸을 굽혀 감싼 팔감싸고 두르는 일
  • 灬 불 화variant of 火 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다

How 為 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 為 as a ideographic compound involving 又, 象.

Japanese words with 為

  • 行為こうい act; deed; conduct
  • 為替かわせ money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
  • 為ため good; advantage; benefit
  • 為替相場かわせそうば exchange rate; rate of exchange
  • 人為的じんいてき artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster)
  • 人為じんい human work; human agency; art
  • 為政者いせいしゃ statesman; administrator; politician
  • 作為さくい artificiality; pretence; contrived act
  • 無作為むさくい random; unintentional; unintended
  • 寄付行為きふこうい deed of endowment or donation
  • 無為むい idleness; inactivity
  • 為替管理かわせかんり exchange control

Other hanja read “위”

位 偉 偽 僞 危 厃 叞 喟 噅 噕 囲 圍 委 威 尉 幃 慰 暐 渭 煒 熨 爲 瑋 痿 緯 胃 萎 葦 葳 蒍 蔿 藯 蝟 衛 衞 袆 褘 諉 謂 逶 違 闈 韋 韙 韡 餧 骪 骫 魏

Other hanja with radical 火

火 灯 灰 灵 灸 灼 災 灾 炁 炅 炆 炉 炊 炎 炒 炕 炘 炙 炚 炡 炤 炫 炬 炭 炮 炯 炰 炳 炵 炷 炸 点 烈 烉 烊 烋 烏 烓 烔 烘 烙 烜 烝 烟 烣 烱 烹 烽 焃 焄 焉 焌 焔 焕 焙 焚 焜 焞 焠 無

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