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Chinese symbol for “dan”

段位
duàn wèi
rank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dan is 段位 (duàn wèi), defined as: rank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

段 duàn
section, piece, division
radical 79 ⽎ · 9 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 段位.

WordPinyinMeaning
阶段 (階段)jiē duànstage; section
手段shǒu duànmethod; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability
片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)
时段 (時段)shí duàntime interval; work shift
段落duàn luòphase; time interval
现阶段 (現階段)xiàn jiē duànat the present stage
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “dan”.

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.

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