爲

Information about character(s)

Radical: 爪
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 12
Variants: 為

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wéi, wèi
Cantonese: wai4 wai6
JapaneseKun: TSUKURU NASU TAME
JapaneseOn: I
Korean: WI
Vietnamese: vay

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: do, handle, govern, act; be

CE-Dict: variant of 為|为[wei4], because of/for/to

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【爪字部】爲
〔古文〕𦥮𤓸【唐韻】薳支切【集韻】于嬀切，𠀤音潙。【說文】母猴也。其爲禽好爪。爪母猴象也。下腹爲母猴形。王育曰：爪象形也。　又【爾雅·釋言】作，造，爲也。【書·益稷】予欲宣力四方汝爲。【洪範】有猷有爲有守。　又治也。【晉語】疾不可爲也。【註】爲，治也。　又使也。【魯語】其爲後世昭前之令聞也。【註】爲，猶使也。　又語詞。【前漢·武帝紀】何但亡匿幕北寒苦之地爲。　又姓。【廣韻】風俗通云：漢有南郡太守爲昆。【韻會】魯昭公子公爲之後。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤于僞切，音䧦。【廣韻】助也。【增韻】所以也，緣也，被也，護也，與也。【書·咸有一德】臣爲上爲德，爲下爲民。【釋文】爲上爲下之爲，于僞反。徐云：四爲字皆于僞反。又【多士】惟我下民秉爲。【詩·大雅】福祿來爲。【箋】爲，猶助也。【釋文】于僞反，協句如字。　又叶吾何切，音莪。【詩·王風】有兔爰爰，雉離于羅。我生之初，尙無爲。我生之後，逢此百罹，尙寐無吪。

Buddhism words and phrases that which is created or conditioned--karma, karmic

CF-Dict: en tant que/servir de/devenir

Finnish: tomii jnkin, on, toimii, palvelee jnkn; tulee jkskin; muodostaa; näyttelee; tekeytyy