The kanji 為: meaning, readings and stroke order

為

Meaning: do, sake
On reading: イ i
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 爲

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: làm, vì (vi)
Japanese: すること。〜のため。
Korean: 하다, 위하여 (위)
Chinese: 做、为了 (为)

Readings, words and example sentences

イ i · on reading · less common

行こう為い
act, behavior
その 行こう為いは正しくありません。
That behavior is not right.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.