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Chinese symbol for “displacement”

位移
wèi yí
(geometry) displacement (a vector quantity)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for displacement is 位移 (wèi yí), defined as: (geometry) displacement (a vector quantity).

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

位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
移 yí
to shift, to move about, to drift
radical 115 ⽲ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “displacement”

WordPinyinMeaning
排水量pái shuǐ liàngdisplacement
偏移piān yídisplacement; deviation
置换 (置換)zhì huànto permute; permutation (math.)
移位yí wèito shift; shift
转位 (轉位)zhuǎn wèitransposition; displacement

Related words

Other words that share a character with 位移.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
地位dì wèiposition; status
位置wèi zhiposition; place
这位 (這位)zhè wèithis (person)
各位gè wèieverybody; all (guests, colleagues etc)
移民yí mínto immigrate; to migrate
移动 (移動)yí dòngto move; movement

See also: Japanese symbol for “displacement”.

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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