as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
because of / for / to

= + : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.

= + : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
variant of 為|为[wei4]
variant of 為|为[wei2]

为 character breakdown

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= : Two petals form a blossom, so let's represent ⺀ by a beautiful blossom.

Characters with 为 as component

variant of 偽|伪[wei3]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) went to visit Willy Walrus (w) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to buy a bird with crazy hair (为), but she finds out very soon that Willy Walrus just wanted to sell her a fake (伪) one: a regular penguin with a wig.
false / fake / forged / bogus / (prefix) pseudo- / Taiwan pr. [wei4]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) went to visit Willy Walrus (w) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to buy a bird with crazy hair (为), but she finds out very soon that Willy Walrus just wanted to sell her a fake (伪) one: a regular penguin with a wig.
variant of 媯|妫[Gui1]
surname Gui / name of a river
name of a river in Shanxi

Words with 为

impotent (idiom) / powerless / helpless
to try one's utmost / to strive
villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)
for a specific purpose / specially
Qianwei county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
Qianwei county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
very / extremely
see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]
to prove one's worth through firm resolve (idiom)
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
Wuwei county in Chaohu 巢湖[Chao2 hu2], Anhui
the Daoist doctrine of inaction / let things take their own course / laissez-faire
Wuwei county in Chaohu 巢湖[Chao2 hu2], Anhui
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)

Sentences with 为

wèi
shén
me
wǒ
xiǎng
yào
wǒ
de
jiàn
Why? I want my sword!