Chinese Character 为 Meanings and components.

Form

为

Meaning

为 meaning^[3] in English

As (In The Capacity Of).

To Take Sth As.

To Act As.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 为 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Li (力) , and 'eight' component in … (丷)

Its radical^[1] is: 丶 (zhu3) which means: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3), See Also 點|点[Dian3], .丶zhu3'dot' radical …

In cangjie it is written with IKSI

How to write 为

To write为wei4as (in … you should write a combination of 力li4surname Li , 丷ba1'eight' component … arranged in a + shape:

力 + 丷 = 为

为 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 为 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 为, looks as follow:

为

Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: 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)

力

Pinyin:li4

Meaning^[3]: Surname Li

丷

Pinyin:ba1

Meaning^[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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