為

Descendants

 * ゐ

Glyph origin
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In the oracle bone script, it is an — a hand holding an elephant. The later became.

 interprets the character as a representation of the female macaque.

Etymology
The two pronunciations below (“to make; to do; to be”, “for; to; because”) are cognate; the latter is the *–s derivative of the former. Words meaning “to make, to do” often have secondary meanings of “for, as” – compare.

Etymology not certain. compared this word with 🇨🇬,, and 🇨🇬. listed (> 🇨🇬) and 🇨🇬, although the vowels do not match.

The graphic representation using a monkey or an elephant probably stems from a homophonic or near-homophonic etymon which was rarely attested; compare 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬 and possibly. STEDT considers this word to be a possible descendant of. Outside Sino-Tibetan, compare 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) to do; to make
 * 2) to administer; to govern
 * 3) to construct; to make
 * 4) to become; to turn into
 * 5) to be
 * 6) to take something as
 * 7) to act as; to serve as; to behave as
 * 8) by
 * 1) to become; to turn into
 * 2) to be
 * 3) to take something as
 * 4) to act as; to serve as; to behave as
 * 5) by
 * 1) to be
 * 2) to take something as
 * 3) to act as; to serve as; to behave as
 * 4) by
 * 1) to take something as
 * 2) to act as; to serve as; to behave as
 * 3) by
 * 1) by
 * 1) by
 * 1) by
 * 1) by

Definitions

 * 1) for
 * 2) because of
 * 3) for the sake of
 * 4)  to
 * 1) because of
 * 2) for the sake of
 * 3)  to
 * 1) for the sake of
 * 2)  to
 * 1)  to
 * 1)  to
 * 1)  to

Etymology 1
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From.

Noun

 * 1) the twelfth string on a
 * 2) a fingering method for playing the

Affix

 * 1) do, perform, carry out

Usage notes

 * Also used as kana for.