Depicts a person (亻) standing (立) in a specific position.
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Historical Evolution
位
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
位
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
位
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
位
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
位
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
位
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
位
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
位 [wèi]
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
Japanese
noun
- throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat")
- government position; court rank
- social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung
- grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank
- position of a figure (e.g. tens, thousands); digit; (decimal) place
counter
- rank; place (e.g. first place)
- decimal place
- counter for ghosts
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
位 あき
Aki unclassified name
位 あぎ
Agi unclassified name
位 あみ
Ami unclassified name
位 あや
Aya unclassified name
位 い
I surname
位 くらい
Kurai surname
位 たかし
Takashi given name
位 ただし
Tadashi unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
位置 [wèizhi] #952
position
单位 [dānwèi] #4,282
unit (of measure)
单位 [dānwèi] #4,282
unit (of measure)
各位 [gèwèi] #786
everybody
地位 [dìwèi] #4,157
position
位于 [wèiyú] #4,751
to be located at
位于 [wèiyú] #4,751
to be located at
定位 [dìngwèi] #4,277
to orientate
座位 [zuòwèi] #2,630
seat
岗位 [gǎngwèi] #6,334
a post
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 位置 [いち] #1,036
place
⭐ 地位 [ちい] #2,785
(social) position
同じくらい [おなじくらい] #3,897
approximately the same
⭐ 上位 [じょうい] #4,440
superior (in rank)
⭐ 単位 [たんい] #5,183
unit
⭐ 高位 [こうい] #9,341
dignity
立ち位置 [たちいち] #9,405
position (where one is standing)
⭐ 部位 [ぶい] #9,578
part (esp. of the body)
爵位 [しゃくい] #10,927
peerage
⭐ 順位 [じゅんい] #11,348
order
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