爲

See also: 為, and 为

爲	U+7232, 爲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7232

← 爱
[U+7231]

CJK Unified Ideographs

爳 →
[U+7233]

Translingual

Traditional	為
Simplified	为
Japanese	為
Korean	爲

Stroke order

Han character

爲 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓火 (BHNF), four-corner 2022₇ or 2032₇, composition ⿱爫⿵⿰丿⿳㇇㇇𠃌灬)

Derived characters

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19686
Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2033, character 21
Unihan data for U+7232

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
譌	*ŋʷaːl
嬀	*kʷral
潙	kʷral, ɢʷal
蟡	kʷralʔ, qʷral
僞	*ŋʷrals
噅	*qʰʷral
撝	*qʰʷral
爲	ɢʷal, ɢʷal, *ɢʷals
鄬	ɢʷal, ɢʷalʔ
蔿	*ɢʷalʔ
儰	*ɢʷalʔ
寪	*ɢʷalʔ
蘤	*ɢʷalʔ

Originally an Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 象 (“elephant”). See 為 for the full etymology and historical forms.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 爲 – see 為 (“to do; to make; to administer; to govern; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 為).

Japanese

Shinjitai	為
Kyūjitai	爲

Kanji

爲

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 為)

do, perform, carry out, sake

Readings

Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kun: ため (tame, 爲)、する (suru, 爲る)、なす (nasu, 爲す)、なる (naru, 爲る)

Usage notes

Rarely used except for historical surnames such as 爲ケ谷 (ためがや), nowadays written 為谷.

Korean

Hanja

爲 (eumhun 할 위 (hal wi))

hanja form^? of 위 (“to do; act”)

Compounds

Middle Korean

Verb

爲 (ho-)

idu form^? of ᄒᆞ (“to do”, also a light verb deriving verbs and adjectives)

Old Korean

Verb

爲 (*HO(Y)-)

to do
Synonym: 爲只 (*SIk-)
a light verb attached to various non-verbs to derive verbs and adjectives.
(after a locative particle) to be at
Synonyms: 有叱 (*Is-), 在 (*KYE-)
- c. 1200, Interpretive gugyeol glosses to the Avatamsaka Sutra, vol. 14, pages 8:20—9:01:
  一切衆生^隱[於]生死^叱中^良中爲良
  *IL.CHYEY CWUNG.SOYNG-un CWUKSALI-s TYUNG-akuy HOY-a
  As all the sentient beings are in the midst of life and death
  (N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed characters were ignored when read.)
- c. 1250, Interpretive gugyeol glosses to the Humane King Sutra, page 11:22:
  [於]我^衣前^良中爲良
  NA-uy ALPH-akuy HOY-a
  As it is in front of me
  (N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed characters were ignored when read.)

Reconstruction notes

Various inflected or derived verbal forms which were written phonetically, e.g. 乎 or 兮, testify beyond doubt that this word had initial */h-/ and is the ancestor of Middle Korean ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: hò-tá). It is usually transcribed as *HO- after the Middle Korean reflex, but the Middle Korean irregular infinitive ᄒᆞ〮야〮 (Yale: hóy-á) implies that the earlier form was actually *hoy- (Vovin 2010, p.27). Whether the attested Old Korean forms transcribed older *hoy- or later *ho- is unclear due to the phonological opaqueness of the orthography.

Descendants

Middle Korean: ᄒᆞ다〮 (hò-tá, “to do; light verb”)
- Jeju: ᄒᆞ다 (hawda, “to do; light verb”)
- Korean: 하다 (hada, “to do; light verb”)

References

황선엽 (Hwang Seon-yeop) et al. (2009) 석독구결사전/釋讀口訣辭典, Bakmunsa, →ISBN, pages 411—549

Vietnamese

Han character

爲: Hán Việt readings: vị^[1], vì^[2]
爲: Nôm readings: vay^[2], ví^[2]^[1], vĩ, voi, vơ, vờ, vi

Etymology 1

Preposition

爲 • (vị)

chữ Hán form of vị (“for”).

Etymology 2

Conjunction

爲 • (vì)

chữ Hán form of vì (“because”).
- 18th century, Đặng Trần Côn (鄧陳琨) (circa 1705–1745) (original Chinese), translated by Đoàn Thị Điểm (段氏點) (1705–1746/1748) (traditionally claimed), might actually be translated by Phan Huy Ích (潘輝益) (1751–1822), Chinh phụ ngâm khúc (征婦吟曲), line 4:
  爲(Vì)埃(ai)𨢟(gây)孕(dựng)朱(cho)𢧚(nên)餒(nỗi)尼(này)
  For whom was it made to be this way

Etymology 3

Verb

爲 • (vay)

Nôm form of vay (“to borrow”).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

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