為 (advantage, as a result of, be of use, benefit, change, cost, do, good, make, practice, reach to, serve as, try, welfare) - Kanji Codex

為

advantage, as a result of, be of use, benefit, change, cost, do, good, make, practice, reach to, serve as, try, welfare

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

イ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

す.るためたりつく.るな.すな.るなり

Nanori (名乗り)

びい

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:1

Frequency:831

Vocabulary

イ

Word	Reading	Meaning
行為	コウイ	act; deed; conduct
人為	ジンイ	human work; human agency; art; artificiality
人為的	ジンイテキ	artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
為政者	イセイシャ	statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
作為	サクイ	artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
為	ため	good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
為さる	なさる	to do
為る	する	to do; to carry out; to perform; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B; to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B; to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B; to feel A about B; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
為替	かわせ	money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
為替	かわし	money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

counterfeit, deceive, falsehood, forgery, lie, pretend

decimal point, mark, point, speck, spot

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bashful, compare, illuminate, shine

all, bastard, commoner

accompany, annexed, append, attach, garnish, imitate, marry, meet, satisfy, suit

province, state