爲

Glyph origin
Originally an. See for the full etymology and historical forms.

Kanji

 * 1) do, perform, carry out, sake

Usage notes
Rarely used except for historical surnames such as 爲ケ谷 (ためがや), nowadays written 為谷.

Compounds

 * 爲國/위국
 * 爲始/위시
 * 爲政者/위정자
 * 爲主/위주
 * 爲親契/위친계
 * 刻燭爲詩/각촉위시
 * 當爲/당위
 * 伐齊爲名/벌제위명
 * 無爲徒食/무위도식
 * 無所不爲/무소불위
 * 削髮爲僧/삭발위승
 * 人爲/인위
 * 作爲/작위
 * 轉禍爲福/전화위복
 * 行爲/행위

Verb

 * 1) to do
 * 2)  to be at
 * 1)  to be at
 * 1)  to be at

Reconstruction notes
Various inflected or derived verbal forms which were written phonetically, e.g. or, testify beyond doubt that this word had initial  and is the ancestor of Middle Korean. It is usually transcribed as *HO- after the Middle Korean reflex, but the Middle Korean irregular infinitive implies that the earlier form was actually  (, p.27). Whether the attested Old Korean forms transcribed older or later  is unclear due to the phonological opaqueness of the orthography.