為

wéi = w + ei2

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)

wèi = w + ei4

because of / for / to

为 = ⺀ + 力 : 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.

为 = ⺀ + 力 : 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.

為 character breakdown

The character 為 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 為 as component

wěi = w + ei3

false / fake / forged / bogus / (prefix) pseudo- / Taiwan pr. [wei4]

伪 = 为 + 亻 : 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.

gui̅ = gu + ei1

surname Gui / name of a river

gui̅ = gu + ei1

name of a river in Shanxi

hui̅ = hu + ei1

to speak falsely or wrongly / ugly

wěi = w + ei3

surname Wei

wéi = w + ei2

place in Henan province

Words with 為

to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be

to be classified as

to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide

strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.

the first impression is the strongest / to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)

What can you have against it? (idiom) / We should do this. / Go for it!

joy of first experience (idiom) / the pleasure of reading sth for the first time

to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为

to do sth once in a while (idiom) / to do sth more as an exception than the rule

buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)

tort; infringement (of sb's rights)

to regard as / to treat as

to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use

(old) why

tort / infringement (of sb's rights)

to take sth to be true

to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart

Sentences with 為

為 currently does not appear in any sentence.