為

wèi(wei4) , wéi(wei2) // pronunciations of 為 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 為

Unihan definition: do, handle, govern, act; be

Number of strokes: 9
Examples of other characters consisting of 9 strokes: 是, 说, 要, 种, 面, 看, 前, 点, 将, 很

Radical: 火 86.5

Simplified variant: 为

Examples of words containing this character: 人为, 以为, 作为, 做为, 分为, 列为, 即为, 合为, 名为, 因为, 大为, 妄为, 尤为, 成为, 所为, 改为, 敢为, 更为, 最为, 有为, 极为, 沦为, 为主, 为了, 为人

English translation (based on CEDICT):

為|为[wéi]:

- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)

為|为[wèi]:

- because of
- for
- to

Details

Unicode code point: U+70BA

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