Etymology

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Character: 为

English Senses For (英文): wei2
simplified form of- to be / to do / to make

English Senses For (英文): wei4
simplified form of- for

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 4E3A
GB2312-80 := CEAA

为

New! Simplification explanation under construction.

(super cursive simplification 為为)

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 70BA
Big5 := ACB0

為
為 wei4 wei2 (productive phonetic)

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ShuoWen: (說文解字):
母猴也其為禽好爪爪母猴象也下腹為母猴形王育曰爪象形也

New! etymology explanation under construction.

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Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字) - This character is not listed in the Shuowen

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L31125	L31126	L31127	L31128	L31129	L31130	L31131

L31132	L31133	L31134	L31135	L31136	L31137	L31138

L31139	L31140	L31141	L04392	L04393	L04394	L04395

L04396	L04397	L04398	L04399	L04386	L04387	L04388

L04389	L04390	L04391

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B03653	B03654	B03655	B03656	B03657	B03658	B03659

B03660	B03661	B03662	B03663	B03664	B03665	B03666

B03667	B03668	B03669	B03670	B03671	B03672	B03673

B03674	B03675	B03676	B03677	B03678	B03679	B03680

B03681	B03682	B03683	B03684	B03685	B03686	B03687

B03688	B03689	B03690	B03691	B03692	B03693	B03694

B03695	B03696	B03697	B03698	B03699	B03700	B03701

B03702	B03703	B03704	B03705	B03706	B03707	B03708

B03709	B03710	B03711	B03712	B03713	B03714	B03715

B03716	B03717

Oracle (甲骨文编裏的字) Characters

J05328	J05329	J05330	J05331	J05332	J05333	J05334

J05335	J05336

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