为 wèi

为 (wèi) is a Chinese character with 4 strokes, taught at HSK level 2. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

为 means for / to be in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	for / to be
Spanish	para / ser
Portuguese	para / ser
French	pour / être
German	für / sein
Italian	per / essere
Russian	для / быть
Arabic	لأجل / يكون
Hindi	के लिए / होना
Indonesian	untuk / menjadi
Vietnamese	vì / là
Japanese	ために・〜である
Korean	위하다 / 이다

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 为 loaded.

Words containing 为

• 为什么 wèishénme — why
• 因为 yīnwèi — because

Characters at the same level