Read Edit View history 爲 wèiwéi HSK2 do Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Original form of 為. Pictograph of a hand (又) guiding an elephant (象) to do work (in ancient China elephants were tamed to do work). Based on the meaning "to work; to do". Pinyin Separate values with commas wèi ×wéi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 为 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 爲 Simp strokes 爲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 爲 Simp strokes 爲 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 爲 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 645, 799 ], [ 629, 807 ], [ 577, 814 ], [ 481, 761 ], [ 337, 714 ] ], [ [ 280, 681 ], [ 346, 627 ], [ 358, 598 ] ], [ [ 448, 687 ], [ 485, 654 ], [ 500, 629 ] ], [ [ 697, 759 ], [ 711, 737 ], [ 715, 716 ], [ 611, 646 ], [ 598, 644 ], [ 596, 636 ] ], [ [ 311, 552 ], [ 329, 529 ], [ 338, 502 ], [ 304, 376 ], [ 258, 257 ], [ 198, 156 ], [ 121, 67 ], [ 87, 41 ] ], [ [ 373, 505 ], [ 385, 518 ], [ 408, 524 ], [ 500, 540 ], [ 562, 558 ], [ 586, 555 ], [ 617, 526 ], [ 594, 482 ], [ 560, 450 ] ], [ [ 337, 379 ], [ 356, 396 ], [ 533, 431 ], [ 642, 445 ], [ 669, 432 ], [ 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658 296 687 Q 283 693 276 691 Q 272 688 271 676 Q 272 666 295 643 Z", "M 441 673 Q 474 615 497 611 Q 510 608 518 625 Q 521 638 514 658 Q 499 685 448 698 Q 439 701 437 690 Q 436 683 441 673 Z", "M 671 722 Q 658 706 585 641 Q 572 628 589 627 Q 635 642 663 654 Q 741 687 749 689 Q 771 695 764 714 Q 754 733 732 751 Q 711 769 699 768 Q 686 769 688 755 Q 688 737 671 722 Z", "M 364 531 Q 325 570 307 565 Q 295 561 299 546 Q 326 482 232 257 Q 222 238 212 218 Q 175 152 87 52 Q 81 46 78 41 Q 74 31 84 32 Q 100 31 138 66 Q 220 127 283 255 L 294 279 Q 313 327 330 374 L 342 412 Q 360 475 369 491 Q 372 495 374 499 C 382 514 382 514 364 531 Z", "M 614 459 Q 635 496 659 506 Q 677 522 664 540 Q 592 598 549 577 Q 465 547 364 531 C 334 526 345 492 374 499 Q 375 500 546 534 Q 565 538 574 531 Q 580 524 576 511 Q 566 475 553 446 C 541 418 598 433 614 459 Z", "M 684 339 Q 706 379 723 395 Q 733 404 731 415 Q 725 431 672 460 Q 653 472 614 459 L 553 446 Q 453 430 342 412 C 312 407 300 373 330 374 Q 346 373 357 378 Q 612 441 642 422 Q 646 419 644 408 Q 637 377 621 333 C 611 305 669 313 684 339 Z", "M 283 255 Q 287 251 295 246 Q 307 240 348 248 Q 447 281 775 303 Q 787 304 793 296 Q 799 292 797 261 Q 794 132 773 60 Q 760 17 722 26 Q 688 30 658 35 Q 642 41 641 33 Q 641 26 653 12 Q 722 -51 739 -82 Q 746 -97 755 -95 Q 767 -95 781 -74 Q 805 -44 817 -6 Q 836 45 868 229 Q 874 262 887 279 Q 908 301 892 308 Q 876 327 835 348 Q 810 366 781 355 Q 753 348 684 339 L 621 333 Q 516 323 442 306 Q 367 290 294 279 C 264 274 255 266 283 255 Z", "M 284 152 Q 296 82 316 54 Q 326 45 340 51 Q 350 58 357 72 Q 366 111 312 176 Q 302 188 293 190 Q 287 191 283 181 Q 279 171 284 152 Z", "M 398 189 Q 423 123 449 114 Q 462 110 472 125 Q 476 137 472 158 Q 463 188 408 213 Q 401 217 396 206 Q 393 199 398 189 Z", "M 504 210 Q 537 147 562 140 Q 574 137 583 153 Q 586 165 580 184 Q 565 217 512 234 Q 503 237 501 226 Q 498 219 504 210 Z", "M 634 196 Q 653 171 675 140 Q 684 127 697 124 Q 707 123 713 133 Q 720 145 718 171 Q 717 190 692 208 Q 632 247 620 243 Q 616 240 614 229 Q 615 219 634 196 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.