| 2828 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1817 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3127 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2186 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 19686 | Morohashi |
| 2477 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3513 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
change, be of use, reach to, do, try, practice, cost, serve as
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 為政 【イセイ】 governing, administering
Kun reading compounds
- 為 【ため】 good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
- 為に 【ために】 for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
- 為す 【なす】 to do, to commit, to carry out, to bring about
Readings
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4d5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 2022.7 | Four corner code |
| 2032.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-64-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7232 | Unicode hex code |