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Chinese symbol for “offside”

越位
yuè wèi
offside (sports)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for offside is 越位 (yuè wèi), defined as: offside (sports).

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

越 yuè
to exceed, to surpass, to transcend
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 越位.

WordPinyinMeaning
越来越 (越來越)yuè lái yuèmore and more
超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
穿越chuān yuèto traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction)
跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
优越 (優越)yōu yuèsuperior; superiority
卓越zhuó yuèoutstanding; surpassing
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 “offside”.

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.