為 — kanji meaning “do”
為
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
- Meanings
- do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
- On'yomi
- イ (i)
- Kun'yomi
- ため、な.る、な.す、す.る、たり、つく.る、なり
- Name readings
- びい
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #831 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- wèi, wéi — Chinese character page
Words with 為
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行為 | こうい koui | act; deed; conduct |
| 為替 | かわせ kawase | money order; draft |
| 為政者 | いせいしゃ iseisha | statesman; administrator; politician |
| 無為 | むい mui | idleness; inactivity |
| 人為 | じんい jin'i | human work; human agency; art |
| 作為 | さくい sakui | artificiality; pretence; contrived act |
| 所為 | せい sei | consequence; outcome; result |
| 為す | なす nasu | to do; to commit; to carry out |
| 性行為 | せいこうい seikoui | sexual act; sexual intercourse |
| 有為 | うい ui | perpetual change caused by karma; vicissitudes of life; that which is made |
| 所為 | しょい shoi | act; deed; one's doing |
| 小為替 | こがわせ kogawase | (former) postal note (abolished in 1951); postal order; postal money order |
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