Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Kunyomi: ため な.る な.す す.る たり つく.る なり
Onyomi: イ
Composition: 丶 勹 灬
Radical: 火
Meaning: fire
為政者 （イセイシャ） statesman, administrator, politician, policymaker
為公会 （イコウカイ） Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
人為 （ジンイ） human work, human agency, art, artificiality
営為 （エイイ） business, occupation
為 （ため） good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
為に （ために） for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
外為 （がいため） foreign exchange
念のため （ねんのため） (just) making sure, just to be sure, just in case, for caution's sake
成る （なる） to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
為す （なす） to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
為す術 （なすすべ） means, method, way
為る （する） to do, to carry out, to perform, to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into), to serve as, to act as, to work as, to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.), to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as, to decide on, to choose, to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.), to be (in a state, condition, etc.), to be worth, to cost, to pass (of time), to elapse, to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B, to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B, to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B, to feel A about B, verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"), creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"), to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
成り （なり） promoted (of a piece)
なり手 （なりて） person willing to take on a role, willing candidate
Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Kunyomi: ため な.る な.す す.る たり つく.る なり
Onyomi: イ
Composition: 丶 勹 灬
Radical: 火
Meaning: fire
為政者 （イセイシャ） statesman, administrator, politician, policymaker
為公会 （イコウカイ） Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
人為 （ジンイ） human work, human agency, art, artificiality
営為 （エイイ） business, occupation
為 （ため） good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
為に （ために） for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
外為 （がいため） foreign exchange
念のため （ねんのため） (just) making sure, just to be sure, just in case, for caution's sake
成る （なる） to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
為す （なす） to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
為す術 （なすすべ） means, method, way
為る （する） to do, to carry out, to perform, to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into), to serve as, to act as, to work as, to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.), to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as, to decide on, to choose, to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.), to be (in a state, condition, etc.), to be worth, to cost, to pass (of time), to elapse, to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B, to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B, to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B, to feel A about B, verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"), creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"), to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
成り （なり） promoted (of a piece)
なり手 （なりて） person willing to take on a role, willing candidate