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Chinese symbol for “categorize”

定位
dìng wèi
to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for categorize is 定位 (dìng wèi), defined as: to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position.

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Characters and stroke order

定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “categorize”

WordPinyinMeaning
归类 (歸類)guī lèito classify; to categorize

Related words

Other words that share a character with 定位.

WordPinyinMeaning
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
确定 (確定)què dìngdefinite; certain
肯定kěn dìngto be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely
稳定 (穩定)wěn dìngsteady; stable
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.