Memory phrase for the Kanji: 為

為

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Meaning do, make, perform

Pronunciation

I
suru, nasu, tame

Explanation

Top left: some kind of a hand, rest originally elephant 象. Here a bird 鳥 in a hand )

Mnemonic
 
Teach the bird in your hand to perform sth.

Radicals

灬 fireBoth the radical renga and this radical 火 are used for fire.
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 Vocabulary

所為 せい  cause, reason, fault
為 ため  good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, to, in order to
為す なす  to accomplish, to do
為る する  to change, to be of use, to reach to
為る なる  to change, to be of use, to reach to
為替 かわせ  money order, exchange
行為 こうい  act, deed, conduct

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