位 — Chinese character
位
wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 亻 立
- Formation
- ideographic — The place where a person 亻 stands 立
- Japanese
- 位 as a kanji
Common words with 位
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 位于 (位於) | wèi yú | to be located at; to be situated at |
| 地位 | dì wèi | position; status |
| 位置 | wèi zhi | position; place |
| 这位 (這位) | zhè wèi | this (person) |
| 各位 | gè wèi | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc) |
| 学位 (學位) | xué wèi | academic degree; place in school |
| 定位 | dìng wèi | to orientate; to position |
| 职位 (職位) | zhí wèi | position; post; job |
| 岗位 (崗位) | gǎng wèi | a post; a job |
| 首位 | shǒu wèi | first place |
| 座位 | zuò wèi | seat; 个 (gè) |
English words written with 位
位 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 8 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 35 · Zhuangzi 15 · Doctrine of the Mean 11
- Analects 4.14
- Analects 8.14
- Analects 10.4
- Analects 14.27
- Analects 14.28
- Analects 14.47
- Analects 15.13
- Art of War 6.34
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.