為

為 — do, change, make

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #831 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: い i
Kun'yomi: ため tame

な.る na.ru

な.す na.su

す.る su.ru

たり tari

つく.る tsuku.ru

なり nari

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 為

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