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爲
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

handle

HSK 10
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イ
ため、な.る、な.す、す.る、たり、つく.る、なり
위
Original form of 為. Pictograph of a hand (又) guiding an elephant (象) to do work (in ancient China elephants were tamed to do work). Based on the meaning "to work; to do".
Components
又 again+ 象 elephant =
爲 handle
又
又 Iconic component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Depicts a hand.
象
象 Iconic component
xiàng elephant
Notes
Similar Characters
为 handle (simp)為 act (trad/jp)丈 100 Chinese Inches劝 urge (simp)叒 united变 transform (simp)叙 state (simp)寝 get some shuteye (jp)寢 get some shuteye (trad)度 degree/time矍 look about in竖 vertical (simp)隻 one of a pair (trad/jp)亂 chaos (trad)争 contend (jp)事 matter亟 immediately兼 double叉 fork及 catch up with
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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爲
Regular
Modern
Japanese
為 、 爲 (old) 、 為め (irreg.) ため 同音

noun

  1. usually kana good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. usually kana sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. usually kana consequence; result; effect
  4. usually kana affecting; regarding; concerning
為 す 同音
vs-c usually kana to do (literary form of する)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
あなたのためなら喜んでどんなことでもします。
I am ready to do anything for you.
１月３０日、３１日は葬式のため休みます。
I'm taking bereavement leave on Jan. 30 and 31.
それは、おまえの声をよく聞くためだよ。
It is in order to hear your voice well.
Japanese Names
爲 ため
Tame surname
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
⭐ 為 [ため] #3,066
good
⭐ 為す [なす] #8,576
to do
⭐ 為さる [なさる] #97,098
to do
為政 [いせい] #100,329
governing
⭐ 為に [ために]
for
KOREAN WORDS (1)
위정
administration