為 – Do, Change, Make, Benefit, Welfare, Be Of Use, Reach To, Try, Practice, Cost, Serve As, Good, Advantage

Asher Wolfstein October 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

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為 Basics

This is a jōyō kanji （常用漢字） and is in N1 of the JLPT, and is the 831st out of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers.

為 consists of nine (9) strokes. It is made up of the radical(s) fire 火 (灬). It also consists of the kanji part(s) ノ, ユ, 丶, 勹, 并, 杰.

為 Meanings

• Advantage
• Be Of Use
• Benefit
• Change
• Cost
• Do
• Good
• Make
• Practice
• Reach To
• Serve As
• Try
• Welfare

為 Pronunciations

Onyomi （音読み） Reading(s):

• イ (i)

Kunyomi （訓読み） Reading(s):

• ため
• な.る
• な.す
• す.る
• たり
• つく.る
• なり

為 Alternatives

爲

Example Usage Of 為

There are no example sentences on the site.

Vocab Using 為

• 為る（する） – To Do, To Make, To Serve As, To Wear, To Choose, To Be Sensed, To Be, To Elapse, Creates Humble Verb
• 為さる（なさる） – To Do
• 為、爲、為め（ため） – Good, Advantage, Sake, Purpose, Consequence, Affecting, Regarding
• 成る、為る（なる） – To Become, To Result In, To Consist Of, To Succeed, To Change Into

• Information is compiled from various sources:
  • JMdict, Kanjidic2, JMnedict and Radkfile, property of Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, under this license.
  • JLPT data comes from JLPT Resources by Jonathan Waller.