U+70BA "為" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
為
U+70BA "為" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents the concept of doing, making, or acting, and it is widely used in classical and modern Chinese, Japanese (as 為 or 為), and Korean (as 위) writing systems. In Chinese, it functions as a verb meaning to act, to serve as, or to become, and it also appears in philosophical texts like the Dao De Jing to express being or action. Its simplified counterpart is 为 (U+4E3A), but the traditional form retains a complex structure combining elements related to hand and animal parts, reflecting its etymological roots in manual labor or effort. This character holds cultural significance in East Asian literature and calligraphy, embodying themes of agency and transformation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+70BA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 為 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 為 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x82 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x70BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000070BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u70ba |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ACB0 |
| kCCCII | 214951 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5233 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5233 |
| kCangjie | IKNF |
| kCantonese | wai4 |
| kCihaiT | 844.403 |
| kDefinition | do, handle, govern, act; be |
| kEACC | 214951 |
| kFanqie | 薳支 |
| kFennIndex | 596.09 599.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2022.7 3402.7 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHanYu | 32198.110 |
| kHanyuPinlu | wèi(3962) wéi(2433) |
| kHKGlyph | 2376 |
| kIICore | ATJHM |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32198.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0669.101 |
| kIRG_GSource | GK-6860 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ACB0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3059 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-5501 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-437C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5233 |
| kJapanese | イ おさめる ため たり つくる なす なり |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUKURU NASU TAME |
| kJapaneseOn | I |
| kJis0 | 1657 |
| kKangXi | 0669.101 |
| kKorean | WI |
| kMandarin | wèi |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016350 |
| kMorohashi | 18981' |
| kNelson | 0138 |
| kPhonetic | 1431 |
| kPseudoGB1 | 9370 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1181+86.4.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.5 |
| kSBGY | 042.01 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+7232<kHKGlyph |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "为" U+4E3A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 394.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wéi粵wai4 wèi粵wai6 |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXHC1983 | 1192.071:wéi 1199.041:wèi |