為 — Chinese character
為
wèi
to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 爫 灬
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 爫 leading an elephant
- Simplified
- 为
- Japanese
- 為 as a kanji
為 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 115 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 8 · Mencius 514 · Great Learning 20 · Doctrine of the Mean 36
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 11
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
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