Memory phrase for the character: 為

為

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Meaning

do, make, perform

Pronunciation

I
suru, nasu, tame

Explanation

 Top left: some kind of a hand, the rest was originally an elephant 象. But here understood it as a bird 鳥 in a hand )

Mnemonic
 
Teach the bird in your hand to perform sth.

Radicals

灬 fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.




 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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