Zi:为
为(F為) [wèi] for, on account of [wéi] be, become [é] [wěi] cf. 為
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An elephant and a hand guiding it.
Pronounced wèi when it means ‘on account of’, and in the words 为了 wèile, 为着 wèizhe, 为什么 wèishenme, and 因为 yīnwèi. Otherwise pronounced wéi.
The old form 爲 is still used almost as much as the “full” form 為.
►references: Wieger:49h; Karlgren:AD1313,GS27; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.44.2; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:010.0.09
►components: 丶力
►Cantonese: waih\ waih-
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Unicode: U+4E3A
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